Delisha Milton

Delisha Milton-Jones

DeLisha Milton-Jones at the 2007 WNBA All-Star game.
Pepperdine Waves
Position	Head coach
League	West Coast Conference
Personal information
Born	(1974-09-11) September 11, 1974 (age 42) Riceboro, Georgia
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Bradwell Institute (Hinesville, Georgia)
College	Florida (1993–1997)
NBA draft	1999 / Round: Supplemental / Pick: 4th overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Sparks
Playing career	1999–present
Position	Forward
Career history
As player:
1999–2004	Los Angeles Sparks
2005–2007	Washington Mystics
2008–2012	Los Angeles Sparks
2013	San Antonio Silver Stars
2013–2014	New York Liberty
2014–2015	Atlanta Dream
As coach:
2016–2017	Pepperdine (asst.)
2017–present	Pepperdine
Career highlights and awards
3× WNBA All-Star (2000, 2004, 2007) 2× WNBA champion (2001, 2002) Wade Trophy (1997) Honda Sports Award for basketball (1997) First-team All-American (1997) SEC Player of the Year (1997) 2× First-team All-SEC (1996, 1997) University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Women's basketball Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team competition 2008 Beijing Team competition FIBA World Championship 1998 Germany Team competition 2002 China Team competition 2006 Brazil Team competition Universiade 1997 Sicily Team competition

DeLisha Lachell Milton-Jones (born September 11, 1974), née DeLisha Lachell Milton, is an American retired professional basketball player and current head coach of Pepperdine Waves women's basketball. Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. In her sixteen-season WNBA career, she has played for the Washington Mystics, the Los Angeles Sparks (twice), the San Antonio Stars, and the New York Liberty. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a two-time WNBA champion, and has been selected to the WNBA All-Star Game three times.

Milton-Jones was born in Riceboro, Georgia in 1974. According to a DNA analysis, she descended, mainly, from Yoruba people and Hausa people of Nigeria. She attended Bradwell Institute in Hinesville, Georgia, where she played high school basketball for the Bradwell Tigers. Milton-Jones graduated from Bradwell in 1993.

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.

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