Milena Flores

Milena Flores
Personal information
Born (1977-10-10) October 10, 1977
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Listed weight125 lb (57 kg)
Career information
High schoolSnohomish
(Snohomish, Washington)
CollegeStanford (1996–2000)
WNBA draft2000: 3rd round, 40th overall pick
Drafted byMiami Sol
Playing career2000–2002
PositionPoint guard
Number22
Coaching career2002–2018
Career history
Playing
2000Miami Sol
2001–2002Lietuvos Telekomas
Coaching
2002–2004Pacific (assistant)
2004–2005Lehigh (assistant)
2005–2007Yale (assistant)
2007–2018Princeton (assistant)
Career highlights
Stats at Basketball Reference 

Milena Flores (born October 10, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. She played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal from 1996 to 2000 and was a two-time All-Pac-10 Conference first-team member. Flores was selected by the Miami Sol in the third round of the 2000 WNBA draft and played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) during the 2000 season. She also played in Lithuania. Flores became a coach after her retirement from playing and served as an assistant for the Pacific Tigers, Lehigh Mountain Hawks, Yale Bulldogs and Princeton Tigers.

Early life

Flores was born to Silas and Carmen Flores.[1] She has a younger brother and sister.[2] Flores moved with her family from Los Angeles, California, to Snohomish, Washington, when she was young.[2] Her second cousin, Mike Cordova, played for the Stanford Cardinal football team.[1]

Flores first played basketball when she was aged six.[3] She also participated in gymnastics, soccer, volleyball and track while she was growing up.[2] She attended Cathcart Elementary School where one of her classmates was future baseball player Adam Eaton.[4]

Flores played basketball at Snohomish High School.[3] She averaged 12.6 points, 5.2 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 5.8 steals per game during her senior season in 1995–96.[3] Flores led her team to a Western Conference AAA championship in 1996.[3] She also played on the school's soccer team and earned all-conference honors.[5] Flores was chosen alongside Eaton as "Most Likely to Be a Professional Athlete" by her classmates.[6]

Flores was inducted into the Snohomish County Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.[7]

College career

Flores committed to play college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal.[5] She had wanted to play for the Cardinal since she was a sixth-grader and idolized Jennifer Azzi.[2]

Flores was named to the Pac-10 Conference all-freshman team while the Cardinal reached the Final Four of the 1997 NCAA tournament.[8] She became the Cardinal's starting point guard as a sophomore.[9] Flores was selected to the All-Pac-10 first-team in 1999 and 2000.[10]

Flores led the Cardinal in assists (5.9), steals (1.9) and minutes (37.6) per game during her senior season.[11] She finished her career ranked third on the program's all-time assists list.[11]

Professional playing career

Flores was selected in the third round of the 2000 WNBA draft by the Miami Sol.[10] She averaged 3.5 points and 1.5 assists per game during her rookie season.[11] Flores suffered a high right-ankle sprain and a medial collateral ligament sprain in her right knee during a practice session during the 2001 preseason and was placed on the injured reserve list by the Sol.[12] On July 3, 2001, Flores was waived by the Sol.[13]

Flores played for two years with Lietuvos Telekomas in Lithuania.[9][14]

Coaching career

On May 20, 2002, Flores was hired by the Pacific Tigers as an assistant coach.[15] She joined the Lehigh Mountain Hawks as an assistant coach for the 2004–05 season.[8] Flores was an assistant coach for the Yale Bulldogs from 2005 to 2007.[8]

On June 15, 2007, Flores joined the Princeton Tigers as an assistant coach.[16] She primarily worked with the team's guards during her first five seasons and then took over coaching the posts in 2012.[8]

Personal life

Flores is married to Sonia Raman, a basketball coach.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b "Player Bio: Milena Flores". Stanford Cardinal. April 17, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d Chapin, Dwight (February 25, 1998). "Stanford guard's growth spurt". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 48. Retrieved February 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c d Patterson, Nick (March 19, 1996). "Maximum intensity". The Daily Herald. p. 17. Retrieved February 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Johnson, Scott M. (June 10, 2001). "Two stars, one city". The Daily Herald. p. 21. Retrieved February 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b Patterson, Nick (March 19, 1996). "Maximum intensity". The Daily Herald. p. 21. Retrieved February 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Johnson, Scott M. (June 10, 2001). "Two stars: Most likely to turn professional". The Daily Herald. p. 24. Retrieved February 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Myhre, Rich (September 26, 2013). "A 'humbling experience'". The Daily Herald. p. 19. Retrieved February 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b c d "Milena Flores". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
  9. ^ a b "Milena Flores". Snohomish County Sports Commission. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
  10. ^ a b McDonald, John (April 26, 2000). "Snohomish's Flores selected by Miami Sol". The Daily Herald. p. 41. Retrieved February 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ a b c Johnson, Scott M. (March 21, 2001). "Milena Flores: Miami Sol basketball player, Snohomish native". The Daily Herald. p. 47. Retrieved February 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Silvera, Marissa (May 28, 2001). "Sol's Flores, Torres on IR". The Miami Herald. p. 354. Retrieved February 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Flores waived". The Miami Herald. July 4, 2001. p. 40. Retrieved February 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "New Tiger coach Milena Flores spent two years with the WNBA's Miami Sol". The Daily Princetonian. November 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
  15. ^ "Snohomish's Flores hired as college coach". The Daily Herald. May 21, 2002. p. 17. Retrieved February 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Melanie Halker and Milena Flores Named Women's Basketball Assistant Coaches". Princeton University Athletics. June 15, 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
  17. ^ Pelton, Kevin (October 29, 2025). "New coach Sonia Raman calls Storm job a 'homecoming'". ESPN. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
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