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Georgia Amoore Season 2022-23

PositionG
Height5-6
ClassJunior
HometownBallarat, Victoria, Australia
High SchoolLoretto College Ballarat (Ballarat Rush)

Amoore in the record books

  • Ranks third in games started (121)
  • Ranks third in career points (1,853)
  • Ranks seventh in career scoring average (14.7)
  • Ranks fourth in career double figure games (92)
  • Ranks fourth in field goals made (648)
  • Ranks second in 3-pointers made (293)
  • Ranks first in career assists (656)
  • Ranks first in career assist/turnover ratio (1.8)
  • Scored 39 points at Virginia March 3, 2024, setting a program record for points in an ACC game
  • Became the first VT WBB athlete to record a triple-double with a 24-point, 10-rebound, 11-assist effort vs. Nebraska on Dec. 1, 2022
  • Set the single-game record for assists with 16 vs. HCU on Nov. 16, 2023. Her two-game total of 24 assists that week was also a program record.

Career Honors

  • Most Outstanding Player of Seattle 3 Regional 2023
  • MVP of 2023 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament
  • 2023 First Team All-ACC
  • Two-time ACC All-Tournament Team First Team
  • Recorded her first double-double vs. UNC Asheville on Dec. 11, 2022 with 10 points and 10 assists
  • 2021 ACC All-Freshman Team
  • CSC Academic All-America (2024)
  • Three-time ACC All-Academic Team (2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Two-time ACC Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022)

2023-24 (Senior)

  • First Team All-ACC
  • Second Team ACC All-Tournament
  • Third Team AP All-American, Third Team WBCA All-American
  • WBCA Region 1 Coaches All-American

Started 32 games averaging 18.8 ppg and 6.8 assists. The PG recorded nine double-doubles and set the single-game record for dimes with 16 against HCU in November. Amoore scored 20+ in 16 different games and set a program record with 39 points at UVA. It was the first time a Hokie had scored that many in an ACC contest or a contest on the road. She also tied Aisha Sheppard by hitting eight 3-pointers in that game. For the season Amoore made 85 3-point baskets the fourth-highest total in a single season in program history. She produced just the fifth season in history with 600 total points scored and the third season with 200+ assists.

2022-23 (Junior)

  • First Team All-ACC
  • MVP of ACC Tournament
  • First Team ACC Tournament
  • AP All-America Honorable Mention
  • Most Outstanding Player of Seattle 3 Region
  • WBCA All-America Honorable Mention
  • ACC Player of the Week (Feb. 13)
  • USBWA Co-Player of the Week (Feb. 14)

Started all 36 games averaging 16.3 points, 4.9 assists and 3.0 rebounds. Amoore set a program record with 118 3's made, the second-most in the country behind Caitlin Clark's 140. The Aussie scored 20+ in 14 games, including five of the last six contests of the season. She earned First Team All-ACC, AP All-America Honorable Mention, was the MVP of the ACC Tournament and the Most Outstanding Player of the Seattle 3 Regional. Amoore recorded the first triple-double in program history on December 1 in the win over Nebraska. 

2021-22 (Sophomore)

  • First Team All-Tournament (ACC)
  • Honorable Mention All-ACC

Amoore started all 33 games and averaged 11.2 points per game and 4.4 assists, the second-most in the ACC. She shot 40% from beyond the arc to lead the conference, making 70 3's. She played all 45 minutes in an epic OT victory over North Carolina at the ACC Tournament and her crossover 3-pointer against Georgia Tech earned her SportsCenter's Top Play of the day.

2020-21 (Freshman)

  • Started in 23 of 25 game and averaged 11.8 points, 4.6 assists and 2.4 rebounds per game.
  • Was fourth among ACC players in assists on the season.
  • Named ACC Freshman of the Week on Feb. 15, 2021.
  • Amongst the league leaders with 57 3's, shooting at a 39.6% rate.


Prior to Tech

  • Competed for the Australian National Team at different youth levels winning a gold medal at the U-16 Asian Cup and a bronze medal at the U-18 World Cup. She played for Ballarat Rush and earned the Rising Star Award in 2019.

Personal

  • Born on April 3, she is the daughter of Kelly and Phil Amoore.
  • She has two siblings, Jemma and Toby.
  • Amoore is enrolled in sociology courses.