Washington Mystics take Georgia Amoore No. 6 in WNBA Draft

The Wildcat, an All-American point guard from Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, is the eighth player in University of Kentucky women’s basketball history to be selected in the WNBA Draft and the first since Rhyne Howard was selected in 2022. She joins four other Cats – Howard, Evelyn Akhator, A’dia Mathies and Victoria Dunlap – in program history to be picked in the first round.

She is UK head coach Kenny Brooks’ ninth draft selection, adding to a list that includes Liz Kitley, Tamera Young, Lauren Okafor, Jazmon Gwathmey, Regan Magarity, Aisha Sheppard, Kayana Traylor and Taylor Soule.

Amoore concluded her All-American college career with 2,460 points, 869 assists and 408 3s across one season at Kentucky (2025) and four seasons at Virginia Tech (2021-24). She is the only current DI player – men or women – to have at least 2,000 career points (2,460) and 800 assists (869). She also is the third player in DI women’s basketball history to have at least 2,300 career points and 800 career assists, joining Caitlin Clark (Iowa, 2020-24) and Sabrina Ionescu (Oregon, 2016-20).

The Wildcat is the leader behind the program’s turnaround this winter, leading a team that featured 11 new players and 11 new staffers to a 23-8 overall record, including a 11-5 mark in the Southeastern Conference. While playing in a brand new conference, her guidance on and off the court helped UK earn a four seed at the SEC Tournament, with a double bye, and a four seed at the NCAA Tournament, with a bid to host the First and Second Rounds.

Through 31 games in 2024-25, she averaged the best stats of her college career in five categories, including 19.6 points per game, 42.3 field-goal percentage, 6.9 assists per game, 2.2 assist-turnover ratio and 1.0 steals per game. The graduate guard also averaged 2.4 three-point field goals per game.

Amoore concluded her memorable season by breaking the more than four-decade-old, single-season school record in assists (213). She also is second in program history in assists per game (6.9) and third in three-point field goals (78).

The Wildcat scored in double digits in all but one game during the season (30 games), while she scored at least 20 points in 14 games on the season. Moreover, she knocked down at least three 3-pointers in 15 games, and she dished out at least seven assists in 20 games.

She produced 21 games this season – and 14 games against league opponents – with at least 15 points and five assists, which is more than any player in the SEC since at least 2002-03.

Earlier this season, Amoore set the school record for most games with at least seven 3-pointers in a single season with three (Belmont, Mississippi State, at Oklahoma).

Her stats this season were even better in league action.

Through 16 SEC games, she put up 20.4 points per game, 2.4 3-pointers per game and 6.6 assists per game. She became the lone SEC player to have at least 326 points and 106 assists in SEC regular-season action since at least 2002-03. With her 326 points and 106 assists in the SEC, she contributed – either by scoring or by assists – to nearly 50.0 percent of points in league action.

Prior to her time at Kentucky, Amoore made her mark in Hokies’ history, setting a combined 10 school records across her career, single seasons and single games.