DeLisha Milton #8 Forward

DeLisha Milton
2012 Playoff Statistics
PPG5.5
RPG3.5
APG1.8
EFF +7.00

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WNBA Career Highlights
Enters 14th WNBA season ranked 10th in league history in career points (4,683), eighth in rebounds (2,233) fifth in steals (550) and seventh in games played (400)…Second-leading scorer in Sparks history, amassing 3,678 points while wearing Purple, Teal and Gold…Helped lead LA to 2001 and 2002 titles…Played in 2000 and 2007 WNBA All-Star Games.

2011 (Los Angeles): Averaged 11.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists as the only Spark to start all 34 games…Led the team in scoring seven times, including 27 points against New York on June 21 for her highest-scoring effort in nearky three years….One of her 18 double-diigit scoring efforts…On July 31, passed Mwadi Mabika for second all-time on the Sparks career scoring list…Named one of 30 finalists for Top-15 WNBA Players of All-Time…Playing the 2011/12 off-season with USK Prague, her second year in the Czech capital.

2010 (Los Angeles): Ranked 12th in the WNBA in total points (522) while averaging a career-high 15.4 ppg…Eclipsed 4,000 career points on Aug. 20 against Minnesota.

2009 (Los Angeles): Averaged 10.2 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game…Started, 33 games, missing one.

2008 (Los Angeles): Ranked 15th in the league in rebounds per game (6.3)…Averaged 13.9 points and 1.1 steals in 31 games with the Sparks…Acquired in a trade with the Washington Mystics… Earned her second gold medal while representing the United States at the Summer Olympics in Beijing.

2007 (Washington): Eclipsed the 3,000 point milestone…Named a Western Conference All-Star…Ranked seventh in the league and tied a career high in blocks per game (1.1)…Finished second on the Mystics in points (13.4), rebounds (6.4) and steals (1.53) per game

2006 (Washington): Averaged 14.6 points per game…Ranked second on Mystics in points and steals (1.52) per game…In 23 contests, she averaged 4.9 rebounds

2005 (Washington): Eclipsed 2,000 point milestone in first season with Washington…Ranked seventh in the league and career high in steals per game (1.73)…Ranked second on Mystics in points (11.9) and rebounds (5.2) per game

2004 (Los Angeles): Played 19 games before spraining MCL…Averaged 9.8 points and 4.7 rebounds per game before the injury...Selected as a member of the U.S. Olympic Team – which participated in WNBA All-Star Game – but replaced due to injury.

2003 (Los Angeles): Ranked eighth in the league and led the Sparks in steals per game (1.58)…Recorded a career high 7.1 rebounds per game…Averaged 13.4 points in 31 games

2002 (Los Angeles): Led the Sparks with 1.56 steals per game…Averaged 11.3 points and 6.6 rebounds in 32 games.

2001 (Los Angeles): Led the Sparks steals per game (1.53)…Recorded a career high 1.1 blocks per game…Averaged 10.3 points and 5.3 rebounds in 32 games

2000 (Los Angeles): Named a Western Conference All-Star…Averaged 11.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 32 games… Earned a gold medal while representing the United States at the Summer Olympics in Sydney.

1999 (Los Angeles): Started all 32 games as a rookie…Averaged 9.9 points with a 0.530 field goal percentage…Notched 5.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.5 steals

College: During her collegiate career at Florida, Jones helped the Gators to a 91-34 record and four NCAA tournaments, highlighted by a 1997 Elite Eight appearance…Received the 1997 Wade Trophy as the nation’s top female basketball player…Was a 1997 All-America selection while averaging 19.4 points and 8.8 rebounds per game…Two-time first-team All-SEC selection in 1996 and 1997, a second-team selection in 1995, and a Freshman All-SEC choice in 1994…Earned her degree in sports management with a minor in mass communications.

Personal

Nicknamed “Sunshine” because she’s always smiling…Can play the piano by ear, but can’t read music…Has an 84-inch wingspan, which is equal to that of someone who is 7 feet tall…Likes to cook, clean and play tennis…Became the second woman to coach a men's professional basketball team when, in 2005, she took over the ABA's Los Angeles Stars…Appeared in the 2000 film Love and Basketball…Credits Florida coach Carol Ross for helping her basketball development.

Career Transactions

Selected by the Los Angeles Sparks in the first round (fourth overall) of the 1999 WNBA Draft, May 4, 1999...Traded to the Washington Mystics along with the 13th pick in the 2005 WNBA Draft in exchange for Chamique Holdsclaw on 3/21/05.