Georgia Amoore Chosen to Wade Trophy Watch List
ATLANTA – Georgia Amoore has been chosen to the Wade Trophy Watch List, it was announced by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. The University of Kentucky women’s basketball point guard is one of 15 student-athletes named to the watch list and one of six players representing the Southeastern Conference.
The trophy is presented to the best player in college women’s basketball annually.
Amoore, who picked up her sixth preseason award with the Wade Watch, has played and started in all three games for Kentucky in 2024-25. The graduate student has helped Kentucky defeat USC Upstate (98-43), Northern Kentucky (70-41) and Wofford (76-42) so far this season, averaging 11.7 points per game, 8.3 assists per game, 4.7 rebounds per game, 1.0 blocks per game and 1.0 steals per game.
The Wildcat is currently ranked first in the conference and top five in the nation in assists (25) and assists per game (8.3) through three games in 2024-25.
She is coming off 11 points, seven assists, three rebounds and one steal in the triumph over Wofford on Tuesday. She has scored in double-digits and has dished out at least seven assists in all three games this season.
The Wildcat has received plenty of attention early in the season, including:
- Wade Trophy Watch List
- John R. Wooden Award® Preseason Top 50 Watch List
- Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Watch List
- Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Women’s College Player of the Year Watch List
- All-SEC First Team by Media
- All-SEC First Team by Coaches
- Seventh-most votes in the preseason Associated Press All-America Poll
Amoore played four seasons under head coach Kenny Brooks at Virginia Tech in the Atlantic Coast Conference (2021-24). Coming off an All-America season in 2023-24, she averaged 18.8 points per game and 6.8 assists per game as a senior. She concluded the season ranked fifth in the ACC and 41st in the nation in points per game and first in the ACC and fourth in the nation in assists 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.
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 collected numerous individual honors last season, including being named an All-American by the AP, John R. Wooden Award, and U.S. Writers Basketball Association in 2023-24. Amoore also was named one of five finalists for the Nancy Lieberman Award and picked up ACC First Team honors for the second straight season in 2023-24.
This offseason, Amoore competed for the Australian National Team, while she also was invited and attended the Kelsey Plum Dawg Class for the second straight summer and the Nike Academy.
No. 20/19 Kentucky will host in-state rival No. 18/18 Louisville on Saturday at 6 p.m. ET in Historic Memorial Coliseum. Single-game tickets are on sale here.
About the Wade Watch
The Wade Watch list of candidates for the Wade Trophy is composed of players selected by the WBCA NCAA Division I Awards Committee. The committee will review the list midseason to determine if additional players will be added based on their play during the first half of the 2024-25 season. The winner of the award will be announced in April during the 2025 WBCA Convention in Tampa — site of the 2025 NCAA Women’s Final Four.
The Wade Trophy — now in its 48th year — is the oldest and most prestigious national player of the year award in college women’s basketball. It is named in honor of the late, legendary Delta State University head coach Lily Margaret Wade, who won three consecutive national championships with the Lady Statesmen. First awarded in 1978 by the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD), now known as SHAPE America, the Wade Trophy has been presented to the WBCA NCAA Division I Player of the Year since 2001.
About the WBCA
The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women’s and girls’ basketball at all levels of competition. Founded in 1981, the WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of coaches to those organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. Visit www.WBCA.org for more details about the Association.
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