Australia’s Georgia Amoore joins Washington as No 6 pick in WNBA draft

Australia guard Georgia Amoore has been selected by the Washington Mystics with pick six in the WNBA Draft.

The Ballarat-born point guard joins a growing number of Australians to be drafted in the WNBA first round while becoming the nation’s highest-selected player since Liz Cambage was taken at pick two by the Tulsa Shock in 2011.

The Mystics, with a new coach and general manager, had three of the first six picks on Monday (Tuesday AEST). They chose Sonia Citron at No 3, Kiki Iriafen at No 4 and University of Kentucky guard Amoore with the sixth selection.

Quick Guide WNBA draft 2025 complete order Show First round 1 Dallas, Paige Bueckers, G, Connecticut

2 Seattle, Dominique Malonga, C, France

3 Washington, Sonia Citron, G, Notre Dame

4 Washington, Kiki Iriafen, F, USC

5 Golden State, Juste Jocyte, G, Lithuania

6 Washington, Georgia Amoore, G, Kentucky

7 Connecticut, Aneesah Morrow, F, Louisiana State University

8 Connecticut, Saniya Rivers, F, North Carolina State

9 Los Angeles, Sarah Ashlee Barker, G, Alabama

10 Chicago, Ajsa Sivka, F, Slovenia

11 Chicago, Hailey Van Lith, G, Texas Christian University

12 Aziaha James, G, North Carolina State Second round 13 Las Vegas, Aaliyah Nye, G, Alabama

14 Dallas, Madison Scott, G, Mississippi

15 Minnesota, Anastasiia Olairi Kosu, F, Russia

16 Chicago, Maddy Westbeld, F, Notre Dame

17 Golden State, Shyanne Sellers, G, Maryland

18 Atlanta, Te-Hina Paopao, G, South Carolina

19 Indiana, Makayla Timpson, F, Florida State

20 Indiana, Bree Hall, G, South Carolina

21 Los Angeles, Sania Feagin, F, South Carolina

22 Chicago, Aicha Coulibaly, G, Texas A&M

23 Washington, Lucy Olsen, G, Iowa

24 Minnesota, Dalayah Daniels, F, Washington

25 Connecticut, Rayah Marshall, F, USC Third round 26 Seattle, Serena Sundell, G, Kansas State

27 Dallas, JJ Quinerly, G, West Virginia

28 Los Angeles, Liatu King, F, Notre Dame

29 Seattle, Madison Conner, G, Texas Christian University

30 Golden State, Kaitlyn Chen, G, Connecticut

31 Dallas, Aaronette Vonleh, C, Baylor

32 Washington, Zaay Green, G, Alabama

33 Indiana, Yvonne Ejim, F, Gonzaga

34 Seattle, Jordan Hobbs, G, Michigan

35 Las Vegas, Harmoni Turner, G, Harvard

36 Atlanta, Taylor Thierry, F, Ohio State

37 Minnesota, Aubrey Griffin, F, Connecticut

38 New York, Adja Kane, F, France Was this helpful? Thank you for your feedback.

Amoore grew up playing a number of sports including Australian rules football before switching her focus solely to basketball at the age of 17.

The 24-year-old started 155 of 157 games over five college seasons in the US, averaging 19.6 points and 6.9 assists for Kentucky this season after transferring from Virginia Tech.

Amoore has turned to her competitive spirit to stand out and become a top-10 selection despite being shorter than many of her opponents on the court at 168cm.

“As long as people have called me too short, I’ve been working on how to counterattack that,” Amoore said.

“It’s not a shock to me. I know I have to work in different ways and use my brain a little bit more, but with my competitive background, I’ve got that dog in me.”

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Georgia Amoore is one of only three D-I players ever with 2,300+ PTS and 800+ AST, alongside Caitlin Clark and Sabrina Ionescu. She finished her college career at Kentucky after leading Virginia Tech to the 2023 Final Four and earned AP… pic.twitter.com/cM5GeccOUr — WNBA (@WNBA) April 11, 2025

Amoore was dressed on the WNBA’s orange carpet by NBA star Russell Westbrook, who has a clothing brand called Honor The Gift.

The Australian said Westbrook designed her outfit and was amazing to work with since they first got together on a Zoom session last November.

As expected, the much-hyped Paige Bueckers went to the Dallas Wings as the top pick.

The versatile UConn star is the latest Huskies standout to go No 1, joining former greats Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore and Breanna Stewart.

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“Dallas I’m so excited, a new city, a new start,” Bueckers said. “A fresh start, so let’s get it.”

Seattle quickly followed Dallas’ selection by taking 19-year-old French centre Dominique Malonga with the No 2 pick.

Malonga was part of the silver medal winning French Olympic basketball team. She’s the first French player to be drafted this high since 1997, when Isabelle Fijalkowski went second.

“I was so proud to achieve that goal,” Malonga said.

“It showed that French basketball has evolved as we’ve seen the past few years on the NBA side. We see Wemby [Victor Wembanyama] and Zaccharie [Risacher] show that French basketball is great.”

The expansion Golden State Valkyries took Juste Jocyte of Lithuania with the first draft choice in franchise history.

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