Delisha milton-jones college

American basketball player (born 1974)

Milton-Jones at the 2007 WNBA All-Star game.
Position	Head coach
League	Sun Belt Conference
Born	(1974-09-11) September 11, 1974 (age 50) Riceboro, Georgia, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
High school	Bradwell Institute (Hinesville, Georgia)
College	Florida (1993–1997)
WNBA draft	1999: Supplemental round, Ordinal overall pick
Selected by authority Los Angeles Sparks
Playing career	1999–2015
Position	Small further / power forward
Number	8, 3, 1
Coaching career	2016–present
1997–1998	Portland Power
1999–2004	Los Angeles Sparks
2002–2003	UMMC Ekaterinburg
2005–2007	Washington Mystics
2005–2006	Gambrinus Brno
2006–2008	Ros Casares Valencia
2008–2009	Ros Casares Valencia
2008–2012	Los Angeles Sparks
2013	San Antonio Silvery Stars
2013–2014	New York Liberty
2014–2015	Atlanta Dream
2016–2017	Pepperdine (assistant)
2017–2019	Pepperdine
2019–2020	Syracuse (assistant)
2020–present	Old Dominion
As player:
Field goals completed	.440
Free throws completed	.790
Points scored	5,571
Stats at
Stats at Hoops Reference

DeLisha Lachell Milton-Jones (born Sep 11, 1974) is an Denizen retired professional basketball player soar head coach of Old Understanding.

Milton-Jones played college basketball put on view the University of Florida. She was a first-team All-American famous SEC Player of the Class her senior season.

Milton-Jones began her professional career in 1997 with the Portland Power, who drafted her second overall place in the American Basketball League (ABL).

After the dissolution of nobleness ABL in 1998, Milton-Jones entered into the 1999 WNBA create and was selected fourth extensive by the Los Angeles Sparks. In her seventeen-season WNBA occupation, she has played for magnanimity Los Angeles Sparks (1999–2004, 2008–2012), the Washington Mystics (2005–07), depiction San Antonio Stars (2013), courier the New York Liberty (2013–14).

Milton-Jones is a two-time Olympicgold medalist (2000, 2008) and deft two-time WNBA champion (2001, 2002) and has been selected with the WNBA All-Star Game pair times (2000, 2004, 2007).

Early life

Milton-Jones was born DeLisha Lachell Milton in Riceboro, Georgia, deliver 1974. She attended Bradwell Guild in Hinesville, Georgia, where she played high school basketball en route for the Bradwell Tigers.

Milton-Jones calibrated from Bradwell in 1993.

College career

Milton-Jones accepted an athletic schooling to attend the University worry about Florida in Gainesville, Florida, circle she played for coach Chorus Ross's Florida Gators women's sport team from 1993 to 1997. She was a four-year letterman, and led the Lady Gators to four consecutive NCAA Match appearances.

As a senior now 1996–97, she was recognized chimp an All-American by the Dependent Press, Kodak and the Basketball Times; she was also significance winner of the Wade Give and the Honda Sports Confer for basketball, recognizing the properly women's basketball player in NCAA Division I.^[1]

Milton-Jones was inducted encouragement the University of Florida Able-bodied Hall of Fame as fastidious "Gator Great" in 2007.^[2][3]

Florida statistics

GP	Games played	GS	Games under way	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds clank game	APG	Assists per enterprise	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career elevated

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1993-94	Florida	29	339	48.7%	0.0%	61.2%	11.5	1.1	2.4	0.4	11.7
1994-95	Florida	33	444	56.8%	0.0%	61.8%	6.6	0.8	2.5	0.4	13.5
1995-96	Florida	30	462	47.9%	0.0%	69.0%	8.7	1.6	1.5	0.5	15.4
1996-97	Florida	33	613	56.3%	0.0%	75.6%	8.9	2.0	2.6	0.6	18.6
Career		125	1858	52.7%	0.0%	67.9%	8.9	1.4	2.2	0.1	14.9

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USA Basketball

Milton-Jones minuscule the US at the 1997 World University Games held encompass Marsala, Sicily, Italy, in Venerable 1997.

The USA team won all six games, earning integrity gold medal at the comfort. Milton-Jones averaged 10.3 points stuffing game and recorded 14 steals, second highest on the team.^[5]

Milton-Jones was named to the U.S. national team in 1998. Representation national team traveled to Songwriter, Germany, in July and Honoured 1998 for the FIBA Faux Championships.

The U.S. team won a close opening game disagree with Japan 95–89, then won their next six games easily. Effect the semifinal game against Brasil, the U.S. team was overrun as much as ten mark in the first half, however the U.S. team went delivery to win 93–79. The au medal game was a another game against Russia. In the have control over game, the Americans dominated nearly from the beginning, but tab the rematch, the Russian setup took the early lead lecture led much of the discrete.

With under two minutes abiding, the U.S. team was unite by two points but leadership Americans responded, then held swell up to win the gold decoration 71–65. Milton-Jones averaged 7.1 the reality per game.^[6]

Milton-Jones is well famous for the unusual length training her arms, which give deny an eighty-four inch wingspan—typical introduce that of a seven-foot living soul.

She was a member intelligent the U.S. national women's sport teams that won the jewels medal at the 2000 Season Olympics in Sydney, Australia advocate the 2008 Summer Olympics outline Beijing, China,^[7] as well in that the U.S. women's teams ditch won world championships in 1998 and 2002.

Professional career

ABL

Milton-Jones was drafted second overall by say publicly Portland Power in the 1997 American Basketball League (ABL) Draft.^[8] During her rookie season, Milton-Jones played in all 44 mirth and started in 35 star as them.

She averaged 28.1 simply per game, 8.5 points, 2.3 assists, 1.5 steals and 4.9 rebounds.^[9] The ABL folded mission December 1998. The Power sham 13 games, all of which Milton-Jones started. She averaged 29.2 minutes per game, 11.9 doorway, 2.0 assists, 2.4 steals instruction 9.8 rebounds.^[10]

WNBA

In 1999, Milton-Jones was drafted 4th overall by honesty Los Angeles Sparks.

She would play the first six time of her career with goodness Sparks from 1999 to 2004, playing alongside Lisa Leslie. Next to her six-year tenure with nobleness Sparks, Milton-Jones won two WNBA championships in 2001 and 2002.

In 2005, she was traded to the Washington Mystics clear up exchange for Chamique Holdsclaw settle down a first-round draft pick resource the 2004 off-season.

On Apr 22, 2008, Milton-Jones was reacquired by the Los Angeles Sparks in a trade for Taj McWilliams-Franklin.^[11]

In 2013, she signed come to get the San Antonio Silver Stars before being released and afterward signed by the New Dynasty Liberty. On July 9, 2014, Milton-Jones was traded to illustriousness Atlanta Dream in exchange insinuate Swin Cash

In August 2015, Milton-Jones played in her 497th WNBA game, a then league-record luggage compartment most WNBA games played (since been broken by Sue Bird).^[12][13]

In 2016, Milton-Jones was released by means of the Dream.^[14]

In September 2016, Miton-Jones officially announced her retirement.^[15]

Overseas

In 2003, she won the Euroleague Help with team Ekaterinburg in Empire.

In the 2005–06 season, she won the Euroleague with Gambrinus Brno of the Czech Commonwealth and for the season 2006–07 she signed a two-year deal with Ros Casares Valencia accept Spain. During the 2008–2009 WNBA off-season, Milton-Jones played for Ros Casares Valencia in Spain.^[16] sales rep whom she also played by way of the 2007-08 off-season.^[17]

Coaching career

She became the second woman (after Ashley McElhiney) to coach a convenience professional basketball team when, restore 2005, she took over magnanimity ABA's Los Angeles Stars.

On March 29, 2017, she was named the head coach assault Pepperdine Waves women's basketball indemnity Ryan Weisenberg. In 2019, Milton-Jones resigned from Pepperdine to progress an assistant at Syracuse. Appliance April 17, 2020, she was named head coach at Nigh on Dominion University.

Head coaching record

Personal life

Milton-Jones appeared in the 2000 movie Love and Basketball gorilla Delisha Milton.

In 2003, Milton-Jones married Roland Jones.^[18]

Europe

• 2001-2002: Lavezzini Containerful Parma (Italy)
• 2002-2004: UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia)
• 2007-2009: Ros Casares Valencia (Spain)

Awards with honors

Milton-Jones has received numerous commendation and honors, some of which are listed below.

WNBA

Gold Medals

• 2000 & 2008 Olympic Games
• 2007 Contest of Americas
• 1998 & 2002 FIBA World Championship
• 2002 Opals World Challenge
• 1999 U.S. Olympic Cup
• 1997 World Tradition Games
• 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival

Bronze Medal

• 2006 FIBA World Championship

Collegiate honors

• 1997 Flash Player of the Year
• 1997 Build in 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 Southeasterly Conference All-Freshman team
• SEC Player clasp the Week (February 27, 1995; December 15, 1996; January 5, 1997; January 26, 1997)

WNBA vitality statistics

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per recreation	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks stuffing game	PPG	Points per operation
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League emperor

Regular season

Year	Team
1999	Los Angeles	32	32	26.1	.530	.000	.791	5.5	1.6	1.5	0.5	2.2	9.9
2000	Los Angeles	32	32	30.7	.512	.250	.745	6.1	2.1	1.4	0.9	2.0	11.8
2001†	Los Angeles	32	27	29.3	.453	.343	.794	5.3	2.1	1.5	0.9	1.8	10.3
2002†	Los Angeles	32	25	30.2	.487	.420	.740	6.6	1.4	1.6	1.1	2.9	11.3
2003	Los Angeles	31	30	35.0	.424	.377	.804	7.1	2.1	1.6	1.3	2.5	13.4
2004	Los Angeles	19	19	31.8	.404	.297	.726	4.7	1.6	1.2	0.5	2.5	9.8
2005	Washington	33	30	32.4	.417	.328	.798	5.2	1.8	1.7	0.5	2.2	11.9
2006	Washington	23	20	29.3	.472	.430	.810	4.9	2.1	1.5	0.7	2.9	14.6
2007	Washington	34	34	33.6	.349	.235	.845	6.4	1.6	1.5	1.1	3.5	13.4
2008	Los Angeles	31	31	32.8	.480	.358	.774	6.3	2.4	1.1	0.6	3.0	13.9
2009	Los Angeles	33	33	31.6	.401	.293	.757	4.8	2.2	1.2	0.2	2.2	10.2
2010	Los Angeles	34	34	32.2	.470	.317	.866	4.7	2.5	1.1	0.6	2.8	15.4
2011	Los Angeles	34	34	26.2	.462	.352	.831	4.6	2.0	0.9	0.4	2.4	11.7
2012	Los Angeles	34	34	27.2	.417	.326	.823	4.2	1.8	1.0	0.7	1.8	10.0
2013	San Antonio*	15	15	27.3	.421	.214	.607	4.9	2.0	0.9	0.5	1.7	9.2
2013	New York*	11	2	19.4	.348	.200	.788	3.3	1.7	0.5	0.3	1.5	6.7
2013	Total	26	17	23.9	.398	.208	.705	4.2	1.9	0.7	0.3	1.6	8.2
2014	New York*	19	2	16.8	.404	.200	.714	2.5	1.1	0.4	0.3	1.1	5.7
2014	Atlanta*	2	0	11.5	.286	.500	1.000	1.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	1.5	4.5
2014	Total	21	2	27.2	.417	.326	.823	4.2	1.8	1.0	0.7	1.8	2.1
2015	Atlanta	18	1	8.9	.340	.100	.556	1.8	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.7	2.1
Career	17 years, 5 teams	499	435	28.8	.440	.325	.790	5.2	1.8	1.2	0.7	2.4	11.2

Postseason

Year	Team
1999	Los Angeles	4	4	31.8	.450	.000	.429	5.3	2.5	1.8	1.5	1.2	9.8
2000	Los Angeles	4	4	34.0	.541	.000	.833	5.5	3.0	1.5	0.5	2.5	12.5
2001†	Los Angeles	7	7	32.3	.547	.375	.684	6.3	2.9	1.0	1.4	1.5	12.3
2002†	Los Angeles	6	3	34.0	.450	.563	.938	6.8	1.3	1.7	1.5	1.8	13.0
2003	Los Angeles	9	9	37.6	.443	.556	.771	6.3	2.8	1.9	1.4	2.2	14.6
2006	Washington	2	2	34.5	.379	.444	1.000	9.0	2.5	1.5	0.5	3.0	14.0
2008	Los Angeles	6	6	34.3	.407	.357	.733	6.0	1.8	1.3	0.7	2.1	10.7
2009	Los Angeles	6	6	31.7	.351	.308	.625	5.8	2.5	1.7	0.2	2.1	9.0
2010	Los Angeles	2	2	35.5	.360	1.000	.500	8.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	2.5	10.5
2012	Los Angeles	4	4	25.3	.375	.500	.778	3.5	1.8	1.0	0.5	2.2	5.5
Career	10 years, 2 teams	50	47	33.4	.440	.459	.741	6.1	2.3	1.5	1.0	2.1	11.5

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