Georgia Lee Amoore (born 3 April 2001) is an Australian college basketball player for the Virginia Tech Hokies of the

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(ACC).

Early life and career

A native of

Ballarat, Victoria Ballarat ( ) is a city in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 Census, Ballarat had a population of 116,201, making it the third largest city in Victoria. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. Within months of Vic ...

, Amoore grew up playing several sports, including

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, before focusing on basketball at age 17. She competed for her state team Victoria Country at the youth level. Amoore played for the

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of the

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in the 2019 season and averaged 11.2 points, 3.2 assists and 2.6 rebounds per game. She committed to play college basketball in the United States for Virginia Tech over an offer from

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College career

As a freshman at Virginia Tech, Amoore averaged 11.8 points and 4.6 assists per game, and was an

(ACC) All-Freshman Team selection. In her sophomore season, she averaged 11.2 points and 4.4 assists per game, making the All-ACC honorable mention. On 1 December 2022, Amoore recorded the first triple-double in program history, with 24 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in an 85–54 win over Nebraska. She was named first-team All-ACC. Amoore led Virginia Tech to its first ACC tournament title in 2023, where she was named MVP and made a tournament-record 14 three-pointers. She helped her team earn a one-seed in the 2023 NCAA tournament, and in the first round, she surpassed the program single-season record for three-pointers. In the Sweet 16, Amoore scored a season-high 29 points in a 73–64 win over Tennessee, helping the Hokies reach their first Elite Eight. She was named most outstanding player of the Seattle 3 Regional. In the Final Four, Amoore scored 17 points and surpassed the record for three-pointers in a single NCAA tournament in a 79–72 loss to

LSU Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 near ...

. As a junior, Amoore averaged 16.3 points, 4.9 assists and three rebounds per game. She ranked second in the NCAA Division I to

Caitlin Clark Caitlin Clark (born January 22, 2002) is an American college basketball player for the Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference. She plays the point guard position. At Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines, Iowa, Clark was named a M ...

in three-pointers made.

National team career

Amoore won a gold medal with the Australian national under-16 team at the

2017 FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship The 2017 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2018 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women. Originally slated to be held at Hyderabad, the tournament venue was moved and held in Bengalu ...

in India. She recorded 10 points, four rebounds and two assists in a 61–60 win over

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in the final. Amoore played in the

2018 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup The 2018 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup (Belarusian: Кубак свету па баскетболе сярод жанчын да 17 гадоў ФІБА 2018) was an international basketball competition held from 21 to 29 July 2018 in M ...

in Belarus, where she helped her team win the bronze medal. In

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, Amoore helped Australia win the gold medal at the 2019 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 Asia Cup in Malaysia.

References

External links

Virginia Tech Hokies bio
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