Georgia Amoore suffers ACL injury two weeks after getting drafted

Some gut-wrenching women’s basketball news broke earlier Wednesday: Georgia Amoore has suffered a potentially serious knee injury.

Amoore, who was taken 6th overall in the 2025 WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics back on April 14, went down during Tuesday’s practice with what the franchise is calling a “right anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury”. The Mystics only started practicing on Sunday and held their Media Day on Monday. There is no indication of how severe the injury is, nor is there a current timeline for her recovery.

“Amoore and the team will examine treatment and rehabilitation options and provide an update as appropriate,” the Mystics wrote in a press release.

Washington Mystics guard Georgia Amoore suffered a right ACL injury during Tuesday's practice. 

Amoore and the team will examine treatment and rehabilitation options and provide an update as appropriate.

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— Washington Mystics (@WashMystics) April 30, 2025

This is obviously crushing news for Amoore, the Mystics, and the Kentucky fanbase that quickly grew to love the feisty point guard during her lone season in Lexington. But if we’re looking for a potential bright spot, the Mystics did not say if Amoore tore her ACL (either fully or partially). It could end up being something more minor, like a sprain.

But even in a worst-case-scenario situation, Amoore will have a full year to recover before offseason practice in 2026 begins this time next year. She and the Mystics were set to play their first preseason game on Friday.

During the 2024-25 season at Kentucky, Amoore averaged 19.6 points and 6.9 assists in 36.7 minutes per outing for the Wildcats. She was named a consensus All-American while leading UK to its first NCAA Tournament win since 2021. The native of Australia went on to be the program’s first first-round WNBA Draft pick since Rhyne Howard went No. 1 overall in 2022.