.The fast ascent of modest Cat Ollie Dempsey has been actually awarded, crowned the 2024 Climbing Star honor as aspect of the AFL honors night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip Northern Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and end up being just the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership superstar Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Climbing Superstar award.Dempsey and also Wardlaw were well in front of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), who filled out the leading five.Watch the most effective protection of the 2024 AFL finals, along with pro evaluation and every video game up until the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during 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. Free of cost and personal assistance telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even check out gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed five ballots from nine of the 11 courts, along with only Friary Holmes and also Josh Mahoney certainly not providing the Geelong forward optimal ballots. Mahoney provided Lohmann 5 votes and also Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually an additional Geelong draught discount after being actually taken as a newbie in 2021. He played only 7 activities as well as stopped 2 targets across his first 2 seasons along with the nightclub. But he's become a mainstay of the Cats' ideal 22 this season, kicking 21 targets and averaging 17.7 disposals coming from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Kitties. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Cycle 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality against Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the warm early-season favourite to win the honor after West Coast's Harley Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy strong begin to the year.But the duo came to be disqualified to gain the Climbing Star after they were each suspended for cases in Cycle 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were then catapulted in to favouritism, along with Dempsey completing the time stronger.Geelong positive on Hawkins profits|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of times prior to the AFL Awards Evening, Geelong instructor Chris Scott pointed out Dempsey will be actually a deserving however modest champion." He is going to recognize that there are a number of really well-performed gamers that are unacceptable. However that shouldn't modify the manner in which he experiences concerning the technique he is actually handled his footy," Scott told AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I love that as a coach when you have gamers that modify the technique you deal with points, even discreetly." Ollie's simply some of the best confident, happy guys you'll come across." AFL RISING SUPERSTAR 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.