
GeorgiaAmoore
- position Guard
- height 5-6
- class Graduate Student
- Hometown Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
- High school Loretto College Ballarat (Ballarat Rush)
- Previous School Virginia Tech
- Major Communication
Career Awards / Honors (at Kentucky)
Weekly Awards
2x Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week (Jan. 7 2025; Feb. 3, 2025)
2x SEC Player of the Week (Jan. 7 2025; Feb. 3, 2025)
Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Player of the Week (Feb. 3, 2025)
Annual Awards
2024-25 WNBA Draft Pick No. 6 to the Washington Mystics
2024-25 All-America Team by the WBCA
2024-25 All-America Team by the John R. Wooden Award
2024-25 All-America Second Team by the Associated Press
2024-25 All-America Second Team by USBWA
2024-25 All-America Second Team by The Sporting News
2024-25 All-America Team Finalist by WBCA
2024-25 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Women’s College Player of the Year Semifinalist
2024-25 ESPN Transfer of the Year
2024-25 John R. Wooden Award Top 15 National Ballot
2024-25 SEC Newcomer of the Year
2024-25 All-SEC First Team (coaches)
2024-25 All-SEC First Team (USA Today)
2024-25 Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Top Five Finalist
2024-25 The Dawn Staley Award Later Season Watch List
2024-25 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Women’s College Player of the Year Midseason Team
2024-25 John R. Wooden Award Top 20 Late Midseason Watch List
2024-25 Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Top 10 Finalist
2024-25 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Midseason Watch List
2024-25 Women’s College All-Star Game Watch List
2024-25 John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List
2024-25 Wade Trophy Watch List
2024-24 John R. Wooden Award Top 50 Watch List
2024-25 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Women’s College Player of the Year Watch List
2024-25 Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Watch List
2024-25 All-SEC Preseason First Team (media)
2024-25 All-SEC Preseason First Team (coaches)
2024-24 AP Preseason All-America Receiving Votes (seventh player overall in vote rankings)
Career Awards / Honors (at Virginia Tech)
2023-24 John R. Wooden Award All-America Team
2023-24 Associated Press All-America Third Team
2023-24 USBWA All-America Third Team
2023-24 WBCA Region 1 Coaches All-American
2023-24 Nancy Lieberman Award finalist
2023-24 CSC Academic All-District & All-American
2023-24 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Women’s College Player of the Year Watch List
2023-24 Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Watch List
2024 All-ACC Tournament Team Second Team
2x All-ACC First Team (2022-23, 2023-24)
2023 Most Outstanding Player of Seattle 3 Region
2022-23 Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention
2022-23 WBCA All-America Honorable Mention
2023 ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament MVP
2x All-ACC Tournament Team First Team (2021-22, 2022-23)
4x ACC All-Academic Team (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
3x ACC Academic Honor Roll (2020-21, 2021-22, 2023-24)
2021-22 All-ACC Honorable Mention
2020-21 ACC All-Freshman Team
2024-25 (Graduate Student)
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) … At the time her college career ended, she was the only active DI player – men or women – to have at least 2,000 career points (2,460) and 800 assists (869) … She became 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 was the leader behind the program’s turnaround in 2024-25, 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 SEC … 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 … Played and started all 31 games at Kentucky in 2024-25 … Averaged an SEC-high and 14th in the nation 36.69 minutes per game … 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 … Broke the more than four-decade-old, single-season school record in assists (213) … She also earned 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 … 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 on the 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 on the 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 on the 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.
2021-2024 (at Virginia Tech)
Georgia Amoore, a Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, native, averaged 18.8 points per game and 6.8 assists per game as a senior at Virginia Tech in 2023-24 … She concluded the season ranked first in the Atlantic Coast Conference and fourth in the nation in assists per game and fifth in the conference and 41st in the nation in points per game … She shot 41.9 percent from the field and 85.9 percent from the line, while she also made 85 3-pointers on the season, which ranked second in the league and 20th in the nation. Her 85 3-pointers also marked the fourth most in a single season in Virginia Tech program history … In 2023-24, the then-senior collected two 30-point games and 16 20-point games, while she also recorded nine double-doubles, all of which were on points and assists. She was the only player in the league to put up at least five games with at least 10 assists, and she did so nine times … Amoore set several career highs last season, too, including dishing out 16 assists against Houston Christian on Nov. 16 and scoring 39 points against Virginia on March 3. Her 39 points were the highest scoring output in ACC action in 2023-24, while it marked the second highest in a game in program history … During her four years in Blacksburg, she became Virginia Tech’s all-time career leader in assists (656), assists / turnover ratio (1.8) and average minutes played (34.3), while she also climbed to second in 3-pointers (330) and third in scoring (1,853) … Amoore helped the Hokies earn their first ACC Tournament title in program history in 2023 and their first ACC regular-season title in 2024. She also played an instrumental role in the Hokies’ four straight NCAA Tournament appearances (2021-24), including their storied run to the Final Four in 2023 … She has collected numerous individual honors in her career, including recently being named an All-American by the Associated Press, John R. Wooden Award and U.S. Writers Basketball Association. Amoore also was recently named one of five finalists for the Nancy Lieberman Award and picked up ACC First Team honors for the second straight season.