Former Kentucky women’s basketball guard Georgia Amoore’s start in the WNBA has been delayed.
The Washington Mystics announced on Wednesday that Amoore, who was taken with the sixth overall pick in April’s WNBA draft, tore her right ACL injury during training camp on Tuesday.
“Amoore and the team will examine treatment and rehabilitation options and provide an update as appropriate,” the Mystics said in a news release.
Rough news from the Washington Mystics:
Rookie Georgia Amoore suffered a right ACL injury during Tuesday’s practice.
The Mystics say they will examine treatment and rehabilitation options and provide an update as appropriate.
— Meghan L. Hall (@ItsMeghanLHall) April 30, 2025
By being picked in the first round of the WNBA draft by Washington, Amoore, who hails from Australia, became the first Kentucky player to be drafted in the last three years.
“Having that tie with Jade Melbourne, Aaliyah Edwards, a core that I’ve had experience with, I’m super excited to get there and grow myself and my game and then go out and put my best foot forward,” Amoore said on the night of the WNBA draft when asked what WNBA player she can’t wait to compete with or prove herself against.
Amoore racked up 2,460 points and dished out 869 assists across her illustrious collegiate career at Virginia Tech and Kentucky. As noted by the Louisville Courier-Journal, Caitlin Clark and Sabrina Ionescu are the only other Division I players to score more than 2,300 points and tally more than 800 assists in their careers.
It didn’t take long for Amoore to immediately impact the Kentucky women’s basketball program after she followed Wildcats coach Kenny Brooks from Virginia Tech. In her lone season in Lexington, Amoore averaged a career-high 19.6 points and 6.9 assists per game and was named the Newcomer of the Year in the SEC.
Helping lead Kentucky back to the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, Amoore finished with 21 games — 14 of which came in SEC play — where she had at least 15 points and five assists, the most by any player in the SEC since at least 2002-03.
If the injury turns out to be a torn ACL, she is in danger of missing her entire rookie season in 2025. According to the Cleveland Clinic, a typical recovery time for torn ACLs is 6-9 months. The 2025 WNBA season will last five months from the start of the regular season on May 16 through Oct. 17, the last possible date of the WNBA Finals.
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Georgia Amoore sustains ACL injury in WNBA training camp with Mystics
Former Kentucky women’s basketball guard Georgia Amoore’s start in the WNBA has been delayed.
The Washington Mystics announced on Wednesday that Amoore, who was taken with the sixth overall pick in April’s WNBA draft, tore her right ACL injury during training camp on Tuesday.
“Amoore and the team will examine treatment and rehabilitation options and provide an update as appropriate,” the Mystics said in a news release.
Rough news from the Washington Mystics:
Rookie Georgia Amoore suffered a right ACL injury during Tuesday’s practice.
The Mystics say they will examine treatment and rehabilitation options and provide an update as appropriate.
— Meghan L. Hall (@ItsMeghanLHall) April 30, 2025
By being picked in the first round of the WNBA draft by Washington, Amoore, who hails from Australia, became the first Kentucky player to be drafted in the last three years.
“Having that tie with Jade Melbourne, Aaliyah Edwards, a core that I’ve had experience with, I’m super excited to get there and grow myself and my game and then go out and put my best foot forward,” Amoore said on the night of the WNBA draft when asked what WNBA player she can’t wait to compete with or prove herself against.
Amoore racked up 2,460 points and dished out 869 assists across her illustrious collegiate career at Virginia Tech and Kentucky. As noted by the Louisville Courier-Journal, Caitlin Clark and Sabrina Ionescu are the only other Division I players to score more than 2,300 points and tally more than 800 assists in their careers.
It didn’t take long for Amoore to immediately impact the Kentucky women’s basketball program after she followed Wildcats coach Kenny Brooks from Virginia Tech. In her lone season in Lexington, Amoore averaged a career-high 19.6 points and 6.9 assists per game and was named the Newcomer of the Year in the SEC.
Helping lead Kentucky back to the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, Amoore finished with 21 games — 14 of which came in SEC play — where she had at least 15 points and five assists, the most by any player in the SEC since at least 2002-03.
If the injury turns out to be a torn ACL, she is in danger of missing her entire rookie season in 2025. According to the Cleveland Clinic, a typical recovery time for torn ACLs is 6-9 months. The 2025 WNBA season will last five months from the start of the regular season on May 16 through Oct. 17, the last possible date of the WNBA Finals.
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Georgia Amoore sustains ACL injury in WNBA training camp with Mystics
