.The swift rise of modest Pussy-cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been compensated, crowned the 2024 Climbing Star honor as component of the AFL awards night.Dempsey polled 52 votes to pip Northern Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) as well as end up being only the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Climbing Star award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually properly in advance of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), that rounded out the top five.Watch the very best protection of the 2024 AFL finals, with pro analysis as well as every video game till the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks in the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free of charge trial today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE ACQUIRING INSTEAD. For Free as well as confidential help telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed 5 votes coming from nine of the 11 courts, with simply Abbey Holmes and also Josh Mahoney not giving the Geelong forward optimal votes. Mahoney provided Lohmann 5 votes and Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually another Geelong draft deal after being actually taken as a novice in 2021. He played simply 7 activities and also kicked two objectives across his first pair of times with the club. Yet he's become a mainstay of the Pussy-cats' ideal 22 this period, booting 21 goals and also averaging 17.7 fingertips from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Cats. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Cycle 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency against Street Kilda.Dempsey had not been the warm early-season preferred to gain the honor after West Coast's Harley Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy sturdy beginning to the year.But the duo ended up being disqualified to gain the Increasing Superstar after they were both appended for accidents in Round 12. Dempsey and also Wardlaw were after that catapulted into favouritism, with Dempsey finishing the season stronger.Geelong self-assured on Hawkins come back|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 times prior to the AFL Honors Evening, Geelong instructor Chris Scott stated Dempsey would be actually a deserving however humble victor." He will acknowledge that there are actually a couple of definitely well-performed players that are actually disqualified. Yet that shouldn't modify the manner in which he feels regarding the way he's tackled his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I like that as a trainer when you possess players that modify the method you consider things, even discreetly." Ollie's only some of the absolute most hopeful, happy guys you'll find." AFL RISING CELEBRITY 2024 VOTES AS WELL AS LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Pussy-cats)-- 52 votes2. George Wardlaw (North Melbourne)-- 43 votes3. Kai Lohmann (Brisbane Lions)-- 21 votes4. Darcy Wilson (St Kilda)-- 15 votes5. Colby McKercher (North Melbourne)-- 12 ballots.