.The swift rise of humble Kitty Ollie Dempsey has actually been compensated, crowned the 2024 Climbing Superstar honor as portion of the AFL honors night.Dempsey polled 52 votes to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and become only the 2nd Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Climbing Star award.Dempsey and also Wardlaw were actually properly in front of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that completed the top five.Watch the best insurance coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with specialist review and every activity until the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks in the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free trial today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MIGHT BE PURCHASING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. Completely free and discreet support telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled five votes coming from 9 of the 11 courts, with merely Abbey Holmes and also Josh Mahoney not offering the Geelong forward maximum ballots. Mahoney provided Lohmann 5 votes as well as Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is one more Geelong draft good deal after being actually taken as a rookie in 2021. He participated in just seven video games and also kicked two objectives throughout his very first pair of periods with the nightclub. Yet he is actually ended up being a backbone of the Pet cats' finest 22 this time, kicking 21 objectives as well as balancing 17.7 disposals coming from all of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Kitties. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Round 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance versus Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the very hot early-season favorite to succeed the award after West Coast's Harley davidson Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy sturdy beginning to the year.But the duo came to be ineligible to succeed the Climbing Celebrity after they were actually each hung down for accidents in Cycle 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually then catapulted right into favouritism, with Dempsey ending up the period stronger.Geelong positive on Hawkins come back|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 times just before the AFL Honors Night, Geelong trainer Chris Scott pointed out Dempsey would certainly be actually a deserving yet simple victor." He will definitely recognize that there are a couple of definitely well-performed gamers that are actually ineligible. But that shouldn't transform the way that he feels about the way he's gone about his footy," Scott informed AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I enjoy that as an instructor when you have gamers that alter the technique you think about traits, also subtly." Ollie's simply one of the most optimistic, satisfied men you'll find." AFL RISING CELEBRITY 2024 BALLOTS AND ALSO 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.