.The swift upsurge of humble Pet cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been rewarded, capped the 2024 Rising Celebrity award as portion of the AFL awards night.Dempsey questioned 52 ballots to pip Northern Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and end up being simply the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership superstar Joel Selwood (2007) to win the Rising Celebrity award.Dempsey and also Wardlaw were properly in advance of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), that rounded out the top five.Watch the most effective insurance coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with expert analysis and every game till the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks throughout play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MIGHT BE GETTING INSTEAD. Absolutely free and also discreet assistance ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled 5 votes from nine of the 11 courts, along with only Abbey Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney not giving the Geelong onward the greatest ballots. Mahoney offered Lohmann five ballots and also Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is one more Geelong draft good deal after being taken as a newbie in 2021. He played merely 7 activities and kicked 2 objectives all over his first 2 periods with the nightclub. However he is actually ended up being a mainstay of the Pet cats' best 22 this time, booting 21 objectives and also averaging 17.7 disposals coming from every one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pussy-cats. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Round 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency against Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the hot early-season favourite to gain the award after West Shoreline's Harley davidson Reid as well as Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy strong begin to the year.But the duo ended up being disqualified to succeed the Rising Superstar after they were actually each appended for cases in Round 12. Dempsey and also Wardlaw were actually after that catapulted in to favouritism, with Dempsey ending up the period stronger.Geelong confident on Hawkins return|02:27 Communicating on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 days prior to the AFL Honors Night, Geelong train Chris Scott mentioned Dempsey will be a deserving however modest victor." He will certainly acknowledge that there are a number of really well-performed gamers who are disqualified. Yet that shouldn't transform the manner in which he really feels regarding the way he is actually tackled his footy," Scott told AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I love that as a coach when you possess gamers that modify the technique you deal with factors, also discreetly." Ollie's just among one of the most confident, satisfied fellas you'll find." AFL RISING STAR 2024 VOTES AS WELL AS LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Pet Cats)-- 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 ballots.