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Georgia Amoore is in a league of her own, and now she’s headed to the WNBA.
Amoore was selected by the Washington Mystics with the No. 6 overall pick in the 2025 WNBA draft. The Mystics previously selected Notre Dame guard Sonia Citron with the No. 3 pick in the draft and Kiki Iriafen with the fourth overall pick.
The 5-foot-6 Australian point guard started her collegiate career at Virginia Tech, where she played four seasons from 2020 to 2024. Amoore had a breakout junior campaign during the 2022-23 season and recorded the first triple-double in program history with 24 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in a win over Nebraska in Dec. 2022. She led Virginia Tech to its first ACC Tournament title and took the Hokies to their first first Final Four in 2023, where she set a new record for three-pointers in a single NCAA tournament with 24. (Iowa’s Caitlin Clark later surpassed Amoore’s record.)
Amoore followed head coach Kenny Brooks to Kentucky for her fifth and final year and put up career-highs in points per game (19.6), assists per game (6.9) and field goal percentage (42.3%) in 2025. She scored double digits in all but one game this season and earned first-team All-SEC honors, joining her first-team All-ACC selections in 2023 and 2024. Amoore joins Clark and Sabrina Ionescu as the only D-I players to record 2,300+ points and 800+ assists in their career.
“Her growth, maturity has gone through the roof this year,” Brooks said of Amoore following their overtime loss to Kansas State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament last month. “You get to a point where sometimes you have special players and you kind of know that it’s time for them to move on because she was just so special, she was coaching us some.”
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Georgia Amoore career stats
Here’s what Amoore averaged in 157 career collegiate games, followed by her 2024-25 stats at Kentucky in parenthesis:
- Points: 15.7 (19.6 ppg)
- Field goal percentage: 40.3% (career-high 42.3%)
- Rebounds: 2.5 (2.3 rpg)
- Assists: 5.5 (6.9 apg)
- Three point percentage: 35.6% (33.6%)
- Free-throw percentage: 82.6% (83.7%)
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Update: Commanders announce the Driskel signing, and place Sam Cosmi on IR due to a concussion
The Washington Commanders are reportedly signing QB Jeff Driskel from the Arizona Cardinals practice squad. Marcus Mariota is day-to-day with hand and quad injuries, and Jayden Daniels has been shut down for the season. Josh Johnson is the only other QB on the 53-man roster, and Sam Hartman is available on the practice squad.
Dan Quinn said yesterday that the team could look to sign another QB, and Driskel was the most logical choice. He was the team’s third-string QB last season, but wasn’t re-signed. He played one snap for Washington during the regular season, and was on the Las Vegas Raiders practice squad to start this season. The move is not official, and the team will have to announce a corresponding roster move.
Facing the worst team in the league for the 2nd time in 3 games, the San Antonio Spurs came into this one looking for their 10th road win this year and their first 6 game winstreak since March of 2019. A sluggish start to the game saw them trailing after the 1st quarter, but an 18-4 run to start the 2nd put the game firmly in San Antonio’s hand, eventually outscoring Washington 43-21 in the period and securing a 20 point lead going into halftime. Washington was able to hang around all throughout the 3rd quarter though and even managed to cut the deficit to single digits a few times in the 4th, but solid defense and a dominant performance from Luke Kornet throughout the period saved the day for San Antonio. Seven players finished in double figures, while three also had double-doubles in the win. Washington meanwhile had five players finish in double figures, led by Bub Carrington’s 21 points.
The Spurs (21-7) are back in action Tuesday night in San Antonio at 7:30 CT for the first of two rematches this week with the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder.
SEATTLE — The recent floods in Western Washington have left a trail of destruction, with swollen rivers depositing debris into Lake Washington, and over the weekend, the Mercer Island Police Department’s Marine Patrol Unit actively engaged in storm clean-up efforts, focusing on removing trees and logs that pose navigation hazards.
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The operation is expected to continue for several weeks as river levels gradually recede, city officials said.
Three atmospheric rivers slammed the region in the span of a week, leading to widespread flooding and damage to the state’s infrastructure.
Boaters on Lake Washington are urged to exercise extreme caution due to the hundreds of trees and logs floating in the water, the city of Mercer Island announced.
The Mercer Island police marine patrol is prioritizing the removal of free-floating debris that presents the greatest public risk, the department said Friday.
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Once these hazards are addressed, efforts will shift to clearing hazardous logs along public shorelines.
Residents and boaters who encounter free-floating logs or trees are encouraged to report them by calling the non-emergency line at 425-577-5656 or leaving a message at 206-275-7909.
Access to the Mercer Island Boat Launch may be restricted as Public Works staff process and chip the recovered debris.
For logs accumulated against private docks or shorelines, residents are advised to contact private towing or landscaping services, as city resources are currently focused on ensuring public navigation safety, the city said.
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