The Perth Lynx announced on Friday that Georgia Amoore is committed for WNBL27, although the move still needs League approval before it becomes final. If that approval comes through, the club will add a 25-year-old guard who arrives with WNBA experience and a track record that has followed her from Ballarat to the top level.
That is why her name is drawing attention now, alongside Sami Whitcomb search interest around the WNBL: Amoore is not just another off-season addition. She was the sixth pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft and reached Perth after a season with the Washington Mystics, giving the Lynx a player whose résumé already includes a full season in the league and a return to Australia at a moment when the next WNBL campaign is taking shape.
Amoore said she was really excited to be joining Perth and getting the chance to come home and play in the WNBL. She said her first conversations with Ryan Petrik and the club stood out because of the way they spoke about how they want to play. She also said she loves playing fast, getting up and down the floor and creating for the people around her, a fit that matches the style the Lynx say they want to build around.
Her college record explains why Perth moved when it did. Amoore had a five-year collegiate career split between Virginia Tech and the University of Kentucky, finishing with 2,460 points, 869 assists and 408 three-pointers. She became just the third player in NCAA Division I women's basketball history to finish with at least 2,300 career points and 800 assists, and at Virginia Tech she helped drive one of the most successful stretches in the program's history.
In 2023, she was named ACC Tournament MVP after helping Virginia Tech win its first ACC Championship and reach its first NCAA Final Four. She was also named Most Outstanding Player of the Seattle Regional and set an NCAA Tournament record with 24 three-pointers during that Final Four run. At Kentucky, she averaged 19.6 points and 6.9 assists per game in her final college season, broke the school’s more than four-decade-old single-season assists record with 213, and earned multiple All-American honours.
Petrik called it exciting to add a player of Amoore's calibre to the roster and said her competitiveness, basketball IQ and ability to play at pace made her an outstanding fit for the club. That is the clean part of the story. The unresolved part is the one that matters today: the Lynx have announced the commitment, but WNBL27 still depends on League approval, so the deal is not yet locked in.
If it is approved, Perth will have a recent WNBA guard with a proven college pedigree and a clear fit for the pace Petrik wants. If it is not, the Lynx will still have shown the shape of their plan — and how quickly they want to move on a player they believe can help them compete for a championship.
