DeLisha Milton-Jones

Biography

DeLisha Lachell Milton-Jones (born September 11, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player and the head coach of Old Dominion. Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. She was a first-team All-American and SEC Player of the Year her senior season. Milton-Jones began her professional career in 1997 with the Portland Power, who drafted her second overall in the American Basketball League (ABL). After the dissolution of the ABL in 1998, Milton-Jones entered into the 1999 WNBA draft and was selected fourth overall by the Los Angeles Sparks. In her 17-season WNBA career, she played for the Los Angeles Sparks (1999–2004, 2008–2012), Washington Mystics (2005–07), San Antonio Stars (2013), and New York Liberty (2013–14). Milton-Jones is a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2000, 2008) and a two-time WNBA champion (2001, 2002) and has been selected to the WNBA All-Star Game three times (2000, 2004, 2007).

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