.The fast rise of modest Cat Ollie Dempsey has been awarded, capped the 2024 Rising Star honor as aspect of the AFL awards night.Dempsey surveyed 52 ballots to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) as well as end up being merely the second Geelong player after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Rising Star award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were effectively before Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), who rounded out the top five.Watch the best coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with specialist review as well as every activity until the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your cost-free test today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE PURCHASING INSTEAD. For Free as well as classified help ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even see gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled 5 ballots from 9 of the 11 courts, along with simply Friary Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney not offering the Geelong ahead optimal ballots. Mahoney gave Lohmann five ballots as well as Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually an additional Geelong draft bargain after being taken as a novice in 2021. He played simply 7 video games and also stopped two targets across his very first 2 periods along with the club. But he's ended up being a pillar of the Kitties' absolute best 22 this period, kicking 21 goals and averaging 17.7 fingertips from each one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Kitties. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Round 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance versus Street Kilda.Dempsey had not been the warm early-season favourite to succeed the award after West Coastline's Harley Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy sturdy begin to the year.But the duo ended up being unacceptable to gain the Rising Star after they were actually both suspended for cases in Cycle 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were at that point catapulted in to favouritism, with Dempsey completing the time stronger.Geelong positive on Hawkins come back|02:27 Communicating on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 times before the AFL Honors Night, Geelong train Chris Scott pointed out Dempsey would certainly be actually a deserving yet modest victor." He will certainly acknowledge that there are a couple of definitely well-performed players that are actually unacceptable. But that shouldn't transform the manner in which he really feels about the way he's set about his footy," Scott told AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I like that as a coach when you possess gamers that alter the method you think of things, even subtly." Ollie's simply one of the best optimistic, delighted men 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 (St Kilda)-- 15 votes5. Colby McKercher (North Melbourne)-- 12 ballots.