
Caroline Makauskas
College and High School Sports Reporter at Lexington Herald-Leader
Sports Writer at Freelance
Covering Kentucky Women’s Basketball and more for @heraldleader and @kentuckysports | Texas Ex | She/Her | ✉️ [email protected]
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1 week ago |
kentucky.com | Caroline Makauskas
In our In the Spotlight stories, Herald-Leader journalists bring you continuing coverage of news and events important to our Central Kentucky community. Read more. Story idea? [email protected]. Kenny Brooks has found his next floor general. Veteran point guard Tonie Morgan announced her commitment to join the Kentucky women’s basketball team on Tuesday after three successful seasons at Georgia Tech. “BBN wassup,” Morgan captioned her post.
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kentucky.com | Caroline Makauskas
The Washington Mystics added former Kentucky point guard Georgia Amoore, along with two other first-round picks, in the 2025 WNBA draft Monday night. The team has new leadership and is undergoing a rebuild. It has a slew of new faces, many inexperienced, bound together in hopes of achieving not only the highest highs of a winning period within a team’s history, but also breaking through to a new level of success.
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1 week ago |
kentucky.com | Caroline Makauskas
It’s official — Kentucky’s Georgia Amoore was selected sixth overall in the first round of the 2025 WNBA draft by the Washington Mystics, and basketball fans everywhere are buzzing. Amoore was drafted sooner than most projected — she was predicted to go either seventh to the Connecticut Sun or 10th to the Chicago Sky — and her potential impact in D.C. is massive.
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thebrunswicknews.com | Caroline Makauskas |Lexington Herald-Leader
By Caroline Makauskas, Lexington Herald-Leader Washington D.C. just gained Kentucky's floor general. All-America point guard Georgia Amoore was drafted sixth overall by the Washington Mystics in the first round of the 2025 WNBA draft on Monday night. She was supported at the draft by her parents, and head coach and beloved mentor Kenny Brooks.
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gazettextra.com | Caroline Makauskas
By Caroline Makauskas - Lexington Herald-Leader (TNS) Washington D.C. just gained Kentucky's floor general. All-America point guard Georgia Amoore was drafted sixth overall by the Washington Mystics in the first round of the 2025 WNBA draft on Monday night. She was supported at the draft by her parents, and head coach and beloved mentor Kenny Brooks. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
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The news is good for Kenny Brooks and the Kentucky Wildcats, who just received a transfer commitment from Former Liberty guard Asia Boone. The 2024 CUSA Freshman of the Year averaged 10.2 pts, 3.0 reb and 1.4 ast per game during her sophomore season. https://t.co/Lr9AHk7ZSJ

Here’s the story following Silva’s official announcement that she’s committed to TCU — https://t.co/ljtV79rIu5

Former Kentucky Wildcat Clara Silva officially announced her commitment to TCU, after multiple reports that she’d be headed to Fort Worth. https://t.co/BRoXDYkifD