.The rapid ascent of modest Kitty Ollie Dempsey has been compensated, crowned the 2024 Climbing Star award as portion of the AFL honors night.Dempsey questioned 52 ballots to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) and come to be just the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to win the Climbing Star award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were actually well in front of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), who completed the best five.Watch the very best protection of the 2024 AFL finals, with expert evaluation as well as every activity up until the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks throughout play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE GETTING INSTEAD. Free of cost and also discreet support phone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even explore gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed 5 ballots from nine of the 11 judges, along with only Friary Holmes and also Josh Mahoney certainly not giving the Geelong forward maximum votes. Mahoney gave Lohmann 5 votes and Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is an additional Geelong draught deal after being taken as a novice in 2021. He participated in only seven video games as well as kicked 2 goals across his initial pair of periods with the club. However he is actually become a backbone of the Kitties' ideal 22 this period, booting 21 goals and averaging 17.7 fingertips from every one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Kitties. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Cycle 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance against Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the warm early-season favorite to succeed the award after West Shoreline's Harley davidson Reid as well as Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy strong beginning to the year.But the duo came to be unacceptable to win the Rising Star after they were actually both hung down for accidents in Round 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were actually then catapulted right into favouritism, with Dempsey finishing the season stronger.Geelong confident on Hawkins come back|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of times prior to the AFL Honors Evening, Geelong instructor Chris Scott claimed Dempsey would certainly be a deserving yet simple champion." He is going to recognize that there are a number of definitely well-performed players who are actually ineligible. However that shouldn't modify the way that he really feels concerning the way he's engaged in his footy," Scott told AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I enjoy that as a trainer when you possess gamers that change the method you think about points, also discreetly." Ollie's simply among the most positive, delighted fellas you'll meet." AFL RISING STAR 2024 BALLOTS AND ALSO LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Felines)-- 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 votes.