.The quick upsurge of simple Feline Ollie Dempsey has actually been compensated, crowned the 2024 Climbing Celebrity award as aspect of the AFL awards night.Dempsey questioned 52 votes to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) as well as end up being only the second Geelong player after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Climbing Superstar award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were well in advance of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), that completed the leading five.Watch the best coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with specialist study and every video game until the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks in the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your complimentary test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE ACQUIRING INSTEAD. For Free and confidential help phone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed five ballots coming from 9 of the 11 courts, along with only Abbey Holmes and Josh Mahoney not offering the Geelong onward optimal ballots. Mahoney offered Lohmann five ballots and Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is one more Geelong draught deal after being taken as a novice in 2021. He participated in simply seven games as well as kicked 2 targets around his first two periods with the club. Yet he's become a pillar of the Pet cats' best 22 this period, kicking 21 targets and balancing 17.7 fingertips coming from all of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pussy-cats. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Round 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance versus Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the scorching early-season preferred to gain the award after West Shoreline's Harley davidson Reid as well as Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy sturdy begin to the year.But the duo became disqualified to succeed the Climbing Star after they were each suspended for cases in Round 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were actually then catapulted into favouritism, with Dempsey finishing the period stronger.Geelong positive on Hawkins come back|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two times before the AFL Awards Night, Geelong coach Chris Scott mentioned Dempsey will be actually a deserving however simple winner." He will certainly recognize that there are a number of definitely well-performed gamers that are actually disqualified. Yet that shouldn't alter the way that he feels about the technique he is actually handled his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I adore that as an instructor when you have players that change the way you deal with factors, even discreetly." Ollie's just some of the absolute most hopeful, happy men you'll come across." AFL RISING STAR 2024 BALLOTS AS WELL AS 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.