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.
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
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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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.
“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.
