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DeLisha Milton-Jones

Categories: Class of 2022
  • Player for the University of Florida women’s basketball program, helping the Gators to four straight NCAA tournament appearances
  • Scored 1,858 collegiate career points
  • Wade Trophy winner, Honda Sports Award for Basketball, SEC Player of the Year, and SEC First-team All-American (1997)
  • Recognized as an All-American by the Associated Press, Kodak, and the Basketball Times (1997)
  • Inducted into the University of Florida Athletics Hall of Fame (2007)
  • Played professionally for 17 years in the WNBA with the Washington Mystics, Los Angeles Sparks, San Antonio Stars, and New York Liberty
  • Set a WNBA record for most games played with 499, which Sue Bird later broke
  • 2x WNBA champion with the LA Sparks (2001,2002)
  • 3x WNBA All-Star (2000, 2004, 2007)
  • 2x Olympic Gold Medalist (2000, 2008)
  • 2x FIBA World Championship Gold Medalist (1998, 2002), and a Bronze Medal in the FIBA World Championship (2006)
  • Earned gold medals in the U.S. Olympic Festival (1994), U.S. Olympic Cup (1999), the World University Games (1997)
  • Played internationally in Spain, Italy, Turkey, South Korea, the Czech Republic, and Russia
  • Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award recipient (2015)
  • Milton-Jones retired from playing in 2016 and is currently the head coach for Old Dominion University women’s basketball program
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