Georgia Amoore picked sixth by Washington Mystics

• Ballarat's Georgia Amoore drafted with the sixth pick in the first round
• NCAAW superstar Paige Bueckers drafted with the first pick by the Dallas Wings
• All-American Amoore had a standout season at the Kentucky Wildcats in 2024-25

All-American 5'6" Australian point guard Georgia Amoore, 24, has been selected sixth by the Washington Mystics in today's WNBA Draft.

The Ballarat-born star is the 13th Aussie in the WNBA. She was the only Australian selected out of a total of 39 picks.

"I'm excited to be with the Mystics," Amoore said immediately after being drafted.

"I've taken every opportunity to make the most of it, so now I'm here.

"For as long as people have called me too short, I've been working on ways to counteract that.

"I think I have a little dog in me and I'm going to keep fighting."

Bookmark: Quick Guide to Aussies in the WNBA

The Mystics now have the potential to field an all Australian backcourt with Opals star point guard Jade Melbourne already in Washington DC. Amoore is the highest draft pick since Liz Cambage went with pick 2 by the Tulsa Shock in 2011.

Melbourne is excited for the “two country girls” to take on the biggest basketball league in the world, Code Sports Basketball reported.

"We played Vic Country together and now all of a sudden we’re teammates now in America," Melbourne told Code Sports.

"We’ve had to come to the other side of the world to team up again.

"We’ve all been able to watch her make a name for herself, over in the college system so now it’s really exciting that I get to play with her again.

"Georgia will feel right at home.”

This is the order for WNBA clubs to select their next generation of stars.

🏀 Round 1

1. Dallas Wings: Paige Bueckers (UConn)
2. Seattle Storm (from Los Angeles Sparks): Dominique Malonga (France)
3. Washington Mystics (from Chicago Sky): Sonia Citron (Notre Dame)
4. Washington Mystics: Kiki Iriafen (USC)
5. Golden State Valkyries: Juste Jocyte (Lithuania)
6. Washington Mystics (from Atlanta Dream): Georgia Amoore (UK)
7. Connecticut Sun (from Phoenix Mercury): Aneesah Morrow (LSU)
8. Connecticut Sun (from Indiana Fever): Saniya Rivers (NC State)
9. Los Angeles Sparks (from Seattle Storm): Sarah Ashlee Barker (Alabama)
10. Chicago Sky (from Connecticut Sun): Asja Sivka (Slovenia)
11. Chicago Sky (from Minnesota Lynx): Hailey Van Lith (TCU)
12. Dallas Wings (from New York Liberty): Aziaha James (NC State)

UConn star Paige Bueckers, 23, was  drafted first overall by the Dallas Wings.

"I'm excited, let's get it," Bueckers said in her post draft interview.

🏀 Round 2

1. Las Vegas Aces (from Los Angeles Sparks): Aaliyah Nye (Alabama)
2. Dallas Wings: Madison Scott (Ole Miss)
3. Minnesota Lynx (from Chicago Sky): Anastassia Olairi Kosu (Russia)
4. Chicago Sky (from Washington Mystics): Maddy Westbeld (Notre Dame)
5. Golden State Valkyries: Shyanne Sellers (Maryland)
6. Atlanta Dream: Te-Hina Paopao (South Carolina)
7. Indiana Fever (from Phoenix Mercury): Makayla Timpson (Florida State)
8. Indiana Fever: Bree Hall (South Carolina)
9. Los Angeles Sparks (from Seattle Storm): Sania Feagin (South Carolina)
10. Chicago Sky (from Las Vegas Aces): Aicha Coulibaly (Texas A&M)
11. Washington Mystics (from Connecticut Sun): Lucy Olsen (Iowa)
12. Minnesota Lynx (from New York Liberty): Dalayah Daniels (Washington)
13. Connecticut Sun: Rayah Marshall (USC)

🏀 Round 3

1. Seattle Storm (from Los Angeles Sparks): Serena Sundell (Kansas State)
2. Dallas Wings: JJ Quinerly (West Virginia)
3. Los Angeles Sparks (from Chicago Sky): Liatu King (Notre Dame)
4. Seattle Storm (from Washington Mystics): Madison Connor (TCU)
5. Golden State Valkyries: Kaitlyn Chen (UConn)
6. Dallas Wings (from Atlanta Dream): Aaronette Vonleh (Baylor)
7. Washington Mystics (from Phoenix Mercury): Zaay Green (Alabama)
8. Indiana Fever: Yvonne Ejim (Gonzaga)
9. Seattle Storm: Jordan Hobbs (Michigan)
10. Las Vegas Aces: Harmoni Turner (Harvard)
11. Atlanta Dream (from Connecticut Sun): Taylor Thierry (Ohio State)
12. Minnesota Lynx: Aubrey Griffin (UConn)
13. New York Liberty: Adja Kane (France)