ESPN has named Kentucky point guard Georgia Amoore the Transfer of the Year in women’s college basketball.
Amoore was snubbed from ESPN’s All-American teams despite averaging a career-high 19.1 points and dishing out 6.9 assists per game.
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Transfer of the Year: Georgia Amoore, Kentucky Wildcats
This isn’t an MVP award, but this season there haven’t been many players in the country more valuable to their teams than Amoore has been to Kentucky. Her transfer from Virginia Tech to Kentucky along with coach Kenny Brooks transformed the program. The Wildcats were a combined 24-38 the past two years, with 12th- and 14th-place finishes in the SEC. In an even deeper SEC following the additions of Oklahoma and the Texas Longhorns, and as the leader of a team with 11 new players, Amoore propelled Kentucky to a fourth-place finish and 22 wins.
Despite being the defense’s primary focus on every possession, Amoore averaged a career-high 19.1 points on 42.5% shooting. Her 6.9 assists were good for third in the country. Amoore just edged TCU’s Hailey Van Lith, who had the best season of her five-year career and won Big 12 player of the year. — Creme
