.The rapid rise of humble Cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been actually rewarded, crowned the 2024 Climbing Star award as component of the AFL honors night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip Northern Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and come to be simply the 2nd Geelong player after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to win the Climbing Star award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were properly in advance of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that completed the leading five.Watch the most ideal protection of the 2024 AFL finals, along with professional analysis and every game till the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your totally free test today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE ACQUIRING INSTEAD. Completely free and also personal help telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled 5 votes coming from nine of the 11 judges, along with simply Friary Holmes and Josh Mahoney not giving the Geelong forward the greatest votes. Mahoney gave Lohmann five votes as well as Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is yet another Geelong draft bargain after being taken as a novice in 2021. He played merely seven activities and also stopped two goals across his very first 2 seasons with the nightclub. But he's become a pillar of the Pussy-cats' ideal 22 this season, booting 21 goals and averaging 17.7 disposals coming from every one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Kitties. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Cycle 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency against Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the scorching early-season favourite to succeed the honor after West Shoreline's Harley davidson Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy sturdy begin to the year.But the duo ended up being unacceptable to succeed the Climbing Celebrity after they were actually each hung down for accidents in Cycle 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were actually then catapulted into favouritism, along with Dempsey completing the season stronger.Geelong self-assured on Hawkins return|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of days before the AFL Awards Night, Geelong coach Chris Scott pointed out Dempsey will be actually a deserving yet humble victor." He will definitely acknowledge that there are actually a number of really well-performed gamers who are unacceptable. Yet that should not modify the way that he experiences about the technique he is actually handled his footy," Scott informed AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I really love that as an instructor when you have gamers that change the means you consider things, even discreetly." Ollie's only among one of the most optimistic, happy individuals you'll encounter." AFL RISING STAR 2024 VOTES AND LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Felines)-- 52 votes2. George Wardlaw (North Melbourne)-- 43 votes3. Kai Lohmann (Brisbane Lions)-- 21 votes4. Darcy Wilson (Street Kilda)-- 15 votes5. Colby McKercher (North Melbourne)-- 12 votes.