DeLisha Milton-Jones

Milton-Jones was born DeLisha Lachell Milton in Riceboro, Georgia, in 1974. She attended Bradwell Institute in Hinesville, Georgia, where she played high school basketball for the Bradwell Tigers. Milton-Jones graduated from Bradwell in 1993. == College career ==

Milton-Jones accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Carol Ross's Florida Gators women's basketball team from 1993 to 1997. She was a four-year letterman, and led the Lady Gators to four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. As a senior in 1996–97, she was recognized as an All-American by the Associated Press, Kodak and the Basketball Times; she was also the winner of the Wade Trophy and the Honda Sports Award for basketball, recognizing the best women's basketball player in NCAA Division I. Florida statistics : ==USA Basketball==

Milton-Jones represented the US at the 1997 World University Games held in Marsala, Sicily, Italy, in August 1997. The USA team won all six games, earning the gold medal at the event. Milton-Jones averaged 10.3 points per game and recorded 14 steals, second highest on the team. as well as the U.S. women's teams that won world championships in 1998 and 2002. == Professional career ==

ABL Milton-Jones was drafted second overall by the Portland Power in the 1997 American Basketball League (ABL) Draft. During her rookie season, Milton-Jones played in all 44 games and started in 35 of them. She averaged 28.1 minutes per game, 8.5 points, 2.3 assists, 1.5 steals and 4.9 rebounds. The ABL folded in December 1998. The Power played 13 games, all of which Milton-Jones started. She averaged 29.2 minutes per game, 11.9 points, 2.0 assists, 2.4 steals and 9.8 rebounds. WNBA In 1999, Milton-Jones was drafted 4th overall by the Los Angeles Sparks. She would play the first six years of her career with the Sparks from 1999 to 2004, playing alongside Lisa Leslie. During her six-year tenure with the Sparks, Milton-Jones won two WNBA championships in 2001 and 2002. In 2005, she was traded to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Chamique Holdsclaw and a first-round draft pick in the 2004 off-season. On April 22, 2008, Milton-Jones was reacquired by the Los Angeles Sparks in a trade for Taj McWilliams-Franklin. In 2013, she signed with the San Antonio Silver Stars before being released and then signed by the New York Liberty. On July 9, 2014, Milton-Jones was traded to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Swin Cash. In August 2015, Milton-Jones played in her 497th WNBA game, a then league-record for most WNBA games played (since broken by Sue Bird). In 2016, Milton-Jones was released by the Dream. In September 2016, Miton-Jones officially announced her retirement. Overseas In 2003, she won the Euroleague Championship with team Ekaterinburg in Russia. In the 2005–06 season, she won the Euroleague with Gambrinus Brno of the Czech Republic and for the season 2006–07 she signed a two-year contract with Ros Casares Valencia of Spain. During the 2008–2009 WNBA off-season, Milton-Jones played for Ros Casares Valencia in Spain. for whom she also played during the 2007-08 off-season. ==Coaching career==

She became the second woman (after Ashley McElhiney) to coach a men's professional basketball team when, in 2005, she took over the ABA's Los Angeles Stars. On March 29, 2017, she was named the head coach of Pepperdine Waves women's basketball replacing Ryan Weisenberg. In 2019, Milton-Jones resigned from Pepperdine to become an assistant at Syracuse. On April 17, 2020, she was named head coach at Old Dominion University. ==Head coaching record==

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Milton-Jones appeared in the 2000 movie Love and Basketball as Delisha Milton. In 2003, Milton-Jones married Roland Jones. == Europe ==

• 2001-2002: Lavezzini Basket Parma (Italy) • 2002-2004: UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia) • 2007-2009: Ros Casares Valencia (Spain) == Awards and honors ==

Milton-Jones has received numerous awards and honors, some of which are listed below. WNBA • 2015 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award Gold Medals • 2000 & 2008 Olympic Games • 2007 Tournament of Americas • 1998 & 2002 FIBA World Championship • 2002 Opals World Challenge • 1999 U.S. Olympic Cup • 1997 World University Games • 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival Bronze Medal • 2006 FIBA World Championship Collegiate honors • 1997 SEC Player of the Year • 1997 State Farm Wade Trophy • 1997 First-team All-American • 1997 First-team All-Southeastern Conference • 1996 First-team All-Southeastern Conference • 1995 Second-team All-Southeastern Conference • 1994 Southeastern Conference All-Freshman team • SEC Player of the Week (February 27, 1995; December 15, 1996; January 5, 1997; January 26, 1997) == WNBA career statistics ==

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