With 5:37 remaining on the clock in the first half against Georgia, Kentucky’s projected future top ten WNBA draft pick Georgia Amoore shot a 3-point jumper for her 13th point of the game. 

However, the shot also made Amoore a history-maker as she became the third Division-I women’s basketball player in history to score over 2,300 career points and post 800 career assists.

She now accompanies Iowa’s Caitlin Clark (2020-24), the NCAA’s all-time leading scoring record holder and arguably the greatest player in college basketball history, and Oregon’s Sabrina Ionescu (2016-20), who was a former AP Player of the Year and Naismith College Player of the Year award recipient. Both players, of course, ended up going first overall in their respective draft classes.

This has been the year of Amoore. Her dominance on the court has led to national recognition, earning multiple awards and honors. So far this season, she has been awarded the Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week (Jan. 7, 2025; Feb. 3, 2025), SEC Player of the Week (Jan. 7, 2025; Feb. 3, 2025) and Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Player of the Week (Feb. 3, 2025).

She has also been named to multiple prestigious watch lists, including the Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Women’s College Player of the Year Midseason Team, John R. Wooden Award Late Midseason Top 20 Watch List and the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Midseason Watch List.

However, Amoore’s two most significant honors come from being named a Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Top 10 finalist and the Wade Trophy Watch List (the oldest and most prestigious National Player of the Year award in women’s college basketball).

Amoore’s success began at Virginia Tech, where she played under now Kentucky Head Coach Kenny Brooks and developed into one of the best point guards in the country. 

Over four seasons, she cemented herself as one of the most decorated athletes in Virginia Tech history, leading the Hokies to a historic Final Four run in 2023.

In her lone season with the Wildcats, Amoore has continued to shatter records. Earlier this year, against No. 13 Oklahoma, she broke her single-game scoring record, scoring 43 points in 39 minutes. She became the seventh player in Kentucky women’s basketball history to record a 40-point game and tied the program’s single-game scoring record. 

When playing No. 22 Alabama, she reached 800 career assists, making her the second active player across all three divisions of men’s and women’s college basketball to reach that milestone. 

She is also the first player in Kentucky women’s basketball history to record three games with at least seven made 3-pointers in one season and to post at least 21 points and 11 assists against an SEC opponent (versus Auburn).

The basketball world was stunned when Amoore announced she would take her final year of eligibility to follow Brooks to Kentucky, especially given her high projection in the 2024 WNBA draft.

Her decision has proven to be the right one. She has exceeded all expectations as she solidifies her legacy as one of the sport’s all-time greats.