Georgia Amoore is still going to be 'very much connected' with Kenny Brooks, Kentucky

Georgia Amoore had a five-year collegiate career in which she spent all of them coached by Kenny Brooks, the past one being at Kentucky. Although her collegiate career came to an end on Sunday, her connection to Brooks and the University of Kentucky are not.

In the postgame press conference following the Kansas State game, Amoore hit on what she loved about her time in Lexington as she sat alongside fellow fifth-year senior Dazia Lawrence.

“I think in the locker room, we were kind of saying that it’s been such a blessing for both of us to bring Kentucky back,” the two-time AP All-American said. “Obviously, Kentucky is a name brand on the men’s side — I told the girls, it’s up to you whatever you decide, but hang around because it’s only going to go up from here. It’s an attractive style of play. Coach Brooks proves that he’s a winner.”

She added, “So, I think it’s cool to be the foundation and just project the program forward. That’s been the greatest thing, is seeing the crowds come back game after game. Even Memorial, like I didn’t see the old one, but I heard of it, so it’s been cool to play in the new one and to kind of just get things rolling back again.”

Not only did Amoore help lay that foundation for the future, but she’s going to be a part of it. Even though we won’t get to see No. 3 on the court anymore, it sounds like she’ll return to Lexington to wreak some havoc in the Joe Craft Center.

“The coolest thing — and he said it in the locker room, and I already had thoughts about it. It’s not the end,” Amoore noted. “Like, that’s the coolest thing.”

“I think nothing really needs to be said, she continued. “You can look at every single year, you can look at my decision to come here, like this year, we probably drained ourselves in some capacity to be successful. I think every single day, we treated it as extra. We weren’t supposed to have this, so make the most out of it. I think it’s going to be weird not being coached by him, but it’s not like I can’t just FaceTime him. I’m sure I’m going to be blowing up his phone again and probably asking for the next couple of sweatshirts that they get next year.”

“I told the girls I’ll be coming back for practice and putting on a red jersey and being annoying. But it’s not over. It’s not over. That’s why I’m not overly upset about it because it’s not. It’s not like we’re parting ways and I’m moving back to Australia and using a landline phone. We’re still going to be very much connected.”

Amoore will forever be remembered in Lexington for what she accomplished at Kentucky, and it’s nice to know that the soon-to-be WNBA star will be back in town soon enough.