The Washington Mystics sent out a press release Wednesday that rookie guard Georgia Amoore has suffered a torn ACL and will miss the season. Washington selected Amoore No. 6 overall in the 2025 WNBA Draft after the Australian guard played five college seasons at Virginia Tech and Kentucky.
Amoore’s injury occurred on the third day of Mystics training camp during practice. This comes after Amoore played her college season from November to March, with only a few weeks off in between that and her being drafted into the WNBA.
This is not the first devastating ACL injury in 2025 either. Juju Watkins of USC tore her ACL in the second round of the NCAA tournament, and Storm players Nika Muhl and Jordan Horston both suffered this injury while playing overseas.
It’s already been proven that female athletes are more susceptible to ligament tears, contributing to this crisis of ACL tears in the WNBA. Women are three to six times more likely to tear their ACLs, per research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
With the expected recovery timeline of this injury being 10-12 months, Amoore will now miss what was expected to be her rookie season in the WNBA.
It was announced this week that FIFA will fund a new study into the links between ACL injuries and menstrual cycles as well. It will be a year-long joint study to monitor estrogen and progesterone levels while referencing performance data from these injuries.
The Mystics included in their statement that they will update on Amoore’s condition when necessary.
