Forever in Our Hearts:Coach Calls Georgia Amoore the Best Point Guard in Program History, Predicting WNBA Success…Georgia Amoore ,the Kentucky Wildcats Women’s Basketball team’s Standout Point guard, is expected to enter the 2025 WNBA draft. Her Outstanding play,including a recent 43-point performance that led No.12 Kentucky past No 13 Oklahoma,has attracted….
Georgia Amoore, a point guard for the University of Kentucky women’s basketball team, was named to both the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Watch List and the Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Women’s College Player of the Year Watch List, the Naismith Awards and the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Monday. Only 20 players were selected for the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Watch List, while 50 players were selected for the Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Watch List. Amoore was named to both watch lists this time last year,
Amoore, who recently got the seventh-most votes in the Associated Press Preseason All-America women’s basketball poll, also was voted to the Preseason All-Southeastern Conference First Team by both the media and the coaches this October.
The graduate student 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.
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. In terms of assists per game, she finished the season first in the ACC and fourth nationally, while in terms of points per game, she was sixth in the conference and 41st nationally. She made 85 3-pointers during the season, which placed her second in the league and 20th in the US, and she shot 41.9
