DeLisha Lachell Milton-Jones (born September 11, 1974) is an American retired professional
basketball
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player and head coach of
Old Dominion
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*The Old Dominion, a nickname for the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia
** Colony of Virginia
*Old Dominion University, a public university in Norfolk, Virginia
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. Milton-Jones played
college basketball
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for the
University of Florida
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. She was a first-team
All-American and
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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
The Los Angeles Sparks (LA Sparks) are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Sparks compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The team was foun ...
. In her seventeen-season WNBA career, she has played for the Los Angeles Sparks (1999–2004, 2008–2012), the
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Mystics compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference. The team was founded pri ...
(2005–07), the
San Antonio Stars (2013), and the
New York Liberty
The New York Liberty are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Liberty compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as part of the league's Eastern Conference. The team was f ...
(2013–14).
Milton-Jones is a two-time
Olympic
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Competitions
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** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
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gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
ist (
2000
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,
2008
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) and a two-time WNBA champion (
2001
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,
2002
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) and has been selected to the
WNBA All-Star Game
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three times (
2000
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,
2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
,
2007
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).
Early years
Milton-Jones was born DeLisha Lachell Milton in
Riceboro, Georgia
Riceboro is a city in Liberty County, Georgia, United States. The population was 809 at the 2010 census. It is a part of the Hinesville-Fort Stewart metropolitan statistical area.
History
The community was named for the early rice industry in the ...
in 1974. She attended
Bradwell Institute
Bradwell Institute is a public high school located in Hinesville, Georgia, United States. It serves the western half of Hinesville, western Fort Stewart, Walthourville, Allenhurst, and Gumbranch. It is a part of the Liberty County School Dis ...
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
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...
in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach
Carol Ross's
Florida Gators women's basketball
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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
The Wade Trophy is an award presented annually to the best upperclass women's basketball player in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I competition. It is named after three–time national champion Delta State University coac ...
and the
Honda Sports Award
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for basketball, recognizing the best women's basketball player in NCAA
Division I.
Milton-Jones was inducted into the
University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame
The University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame includes over 300 former Florida Gators athletes who represented the University of Florida in one or more intercollegiate sports and were recognized as "Gator Greats" for their athletic excellence ...
as a "Gator Great" in 2007.
Florida statistics
:
USA Basketball
Milton-Jones represented the US at the 1997 World University Games held in
Marsala, Sicily,
Italy
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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.
Milton-Jones was named to the U.S. national team in 1998. The national team traveled to
Berlin, Germany
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in July and August 1998 for the FIBA World Championships. The U.S. team won a close opening game against Japan 95–89, then won their next six games easily. In the semifinal game against Brazil, the U.S. team was behind as much as ten points in the first half, but the U.S. team went on to win 93–79. The gold medal game was a rematch against Russia. In the first game, the Americans dominated almost from the beginning, but in the rematch, the Russian team took the early lead and led much of the way. With under two minutes remaining, the U.S. team was down by two points but the Americans responded, then held on to win the gold medal 71–65. Milton-Jones averaged 7.1 points per game.
Milton-Jones is well known for the unusual length of her arms, which give her an eighty-four inch wingspan—typical of that of a seven-foot person. She was a member of the
U.S. national women's basketball teams that won the gold medal at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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in
Sydney, Australia
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and the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing, China
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, 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
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. 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
The Los Angeles Sparks (LA Sparks) are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Sparks compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The team was foun ...
. She would play the first six years of her career with the Sparks from 1999 to 2004, playing alongside
Lisa Leslie
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. 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
The Washington Mystics are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Mystics compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference. The team was founded pri ...
in exchange for
Chamique Holdsclaw
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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
The San Antonio Stars were a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the Utah Starzz before the ...
before being released and then signed by the
New York Liberty
The New York Liberty are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Liberty compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as part of the league's Eastern Conference. The team was f ...
. On July 9, 2014, Milton-Jones was traded to the
Atlanta Dream
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in exchange for
Swin Cash
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In August 2015, Milton-Jones played in her 497th WNBA game, a then league-record for most WNBA games played (since been 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
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in
Russia
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. 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
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) to coach a men's professional basketball team when, in 2005, she took over the
ABA's
Los Angeles Stars
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.
On March 29, 2017, she was named the head coach of
Pepperdine Waves women's basketball
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replacing
Ryan Weisenberg
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Weisenberg attended St. Francis High School, a Catholic high school in La Cañada Flintridge, Califor ...
. 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
Old Dominion University (Old Dominion or ODU) is a public research university in Norfolk, Virginia. It was established in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary and is now one of the largest universities in Virginia with ...
.
Head coaching record
Personal life
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
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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
Regular season
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2000
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2001
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2014
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New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
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, 19 , , 2 , , 16.8 , , .404 , , .200 , , .714 , , 2.5 , , 1.1 , , 0.4 , , 0.3 , , 1.1 , , 5.7
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2014
File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
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Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...
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, 2 , , 0 , , 11.5 , , .286 , , .500 , , 1.000 , , 1.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.5 , , 1.5 , , 1.5 , , 4.5
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2014
File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
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, 21 , , 2 , , 27.2 , , .417 , , .326 , , .823 , , 4.2 , , 1.8 , , 1.0 , , 0.7 , , 1.8 , , 2.1
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2015
File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...
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Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...
, 18 , , 1 , , 8.9 , , .340 , , .100 , , .556 , , 1.8 , , 0.4 , , 0.1 , , 0.7 , , 1.7 , , 2.1
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, 499 , , 435 , , 28.8 , , .440 , , .325 , , .790 , , 5.2 , , 1.8 , , 1.2 , , 0.7 , , 2.4 , , 11.2
Postseason
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1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
, 4 , , 4 , , 31.8 , , .450 , , .000 , , .429 , , 5.3 , , 2.5 , , 1.8 , , 1.5 , , 1.2 , , 9.8
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2000
File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
, 4 , , 4 , , 34.0 , , .541 , , .000 , , .833 , , 5.5 , , 3.0 , , 1.5 , , 0.5 , , 2.5 , , 12.5
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2001
The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
, 7 , , 7 , , 32.3 , , .547 , , .375 , , .684 , , 6.3 , , 2.9 , , 1.0 , , 1.4 , , 1.5 , , 12.3
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2002
File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
, 6 , , 3 , , 34.0 , , .450 , , .563 , , .938 , , 6.8 , , 1.3 , , 1.7 , , 1.5 , , 1.8 , , 13.0
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2003
File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
, 9 , , 9 , , 37.6 , , .443 , , .556 , , .771 , , 6.3 , , 2.8 , , 1.9 , , 1.4 , , 2.2 , , 14.6
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2006
File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...
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Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
, 2 , , 2 , , 34.5 , , .379 , , .444 , , 1.000 , , 9.0 , , 2.5 , , 1.5 , , 0.5 , , 3.0 , , 14.0
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2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
, 6 , , 6 , , 34.3 , , .407 , , .357 , , .733 , , 6.0 , , 1.8 , , 1.3 , , 0.7 , , 2.1 , , 10.7
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2009
File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
, 6 , , 6 , , 31.7 , , .351 , , .308 , , .625 , , 5.8 , , 2.5 , , 1.7 , , 0.2 , , 2.1 , , 9.0
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2010
File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
, 2 , , 2 , , 35.5 , , .360 , , 1.000 , , .500 , , 8.5 , , 1.0 , , 0.5 , , 0.5 , , 2.5 , , 10.5
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2012
File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
, 4 , , 4 , , 25.3 , , .375 , , .500 , , .778 , , 3.5 , , 1.8 , , 1.0 , , 0.5 , , 2.2 , , 5.5
, -
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, 50 , , 47 , , 33.4 , , .440 , , .459 , , .741 , , 6.1 , , 2.3 , , 1.5 , , 1.0 , , 2.1 , , 11.5
See also
*
List of Florida Gators in the WNBA
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List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
This article lists the individuals who have won at least four gold medals at the Olympic Games or at least three gold medals in individual events.
List of most Olympic gold medals over career
This is a partial list of multiple Olympic gold medalis ...
*
List of Olympic medalists in basketball
Basketball is a sport contested at the Summer Olympic Games. A men's basketball tournament was first held at the 1904 Olympics as a demonstration; it has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1936. In the 1972 Olympics, the final game betwe ...
*
List of University of Florida alumni
This list of University of Florida alumni includes current students, former students, and graduates of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Honorary degree recipients can be found on the List of University of Florida honorary degree r ...
*
List of University of Florida Olympians
This List of University of Florida Olympians includes over 150 students and alumni of the University of Florida who have competed or coached in the Olympic Games, as well as current or former Florida Gators coaches who have coached in the Olym ...
*
List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members
The University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame includes over 300 former Florida Gators athletes who represented the University of Florida in one or more intercollegiate sports and were recognized as "Gator Greats" for their athletic excellence d ...
References
External links
WNBA player profileof Delisha Milton-Jones
of Delisha Milton-Jones
with Delisha Milton-Jones
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1974 births
Living people
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Small forwards
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Universiade gold medalists for the United States
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