.The quick ascent of humble Kitty Ollie Dempsey has been actually awarded, crowned the 2024 Increasing Celebrity award as aspect of the AFL honors night.Dempsey surveyed 52 ballots to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and become just the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership superstar Joel Selwood (2007) to win the Increasing Celebrity award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were well ahead of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street 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 review and also every game up until the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks in the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your totally free test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE GETTING INSTEAD. Completely free as well as personal help ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed 5 ballots from nine of the 11 judges, along with just Friary Holmes and also Josh Mahoney certainly not offering the Geelong onward optimal votes. Mahoney gave Lohmann five votes as well as Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually an additional Geelong draft bargain after being actually taken as a novice in 2021. He played merely seven activities as well as stopped 2 objectives around his initial pair of times along with the nightclub. However he is actually become a pillar of the Pussy-cats' best 22 this time, kicking 21 goals and balancing 17.7 disposals from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Felines. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Round 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance against St Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the warm early-season favourite to succeed the award after West Coast's Harley davidson Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy tough start to the year.But the duo became disqualified to succeed the Increasing Superstar after they were actually each hung down for cases in Cycle 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were actually then catapulted in to favouritism, with Dempsey finishing the time stronger.Geelong certain on Hawkins come back|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 days prior to the AFL Awards Evening, Geelong instructor Chris Scott pointed out Dempsey will be actually a deserving yet humble champion." He is going to acknowledge that there are actually a couple of actually well-performed players who are actually ineligible. But that shouldn't change the way that he experiences about the technique he's dealt with his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I enjoy that as a trainer when you have players that modify the method you think of things, also discreetly." Ollie's merely some of one of the most positive, delighted individuals you'll come across." AFL RISING SUPERSTAR 2024 VOTES AND LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Kitties)-- 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.