Background
His father, Milton, who played with Southern University and was a high school coach for 26 years, introduced Mildon to the game when he was seven.
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Mildon Ambres
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He chose to play at Louisiana State University. Ambres chose Southern Mission and sat the 2004-2005 season due to National Collegiate Athletic Association transfer rules.
Career
He was voted the National Basketball Association Doctorate-League Most Improved Player by coaches at the conclusion of the 2010 season. Ambres lettered three years in basketball at Opelousas High School in Opelousas, Louisiana. As a senior, he averaged 21.2 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists per game.
He redshirted his freshman season at Louisiana State University during the 2002-2003 season.
During the fall semester, he transferred, citing a lack of playing time. Southern Mission He averaged 7.7 points and 5 rebounds per game his sophomore year in 2004-2005.
He did, however, score a career-high 21 points at Marquette on February 5, adding 8 rebounds in the 72-81 loss. His junior year was not much better, as he averaged 6.4 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.
He did not see eye-to-eye with his new coach, Larry Eustachy, and transferred to University, who played in National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Division I at the time.
Ambres had an unsuccessful tryout with the Dallas Mavericks in June 2007. Foreign the 2007-2008 season, Ambres joined Romanian club Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) Brașov. He averaged 18.1 points and 8.5 rebounds per contest.
He was drafted 67th overall in the 2008 National Basketball Association Development League Draft by the Idaho Stampede, and averaged 6.4 points and 4.2 rebounds per game in limited minutes, but improved the following season.
He averaged 14.5 points and 8.1 rebounds per game, being named the National Basketball Association Doctorate-League Most Improved Player for the 2010 season. He had a career-high 32 points in a 165–153 overtime victory against the Rio Grande Valley Vipers on March 31.
Ambres made the move to Philippine side Barangay Ginebra Kings for eight games, where he averaged 20 ppg, 15.3 rpg and 1.5 apg. His next destination was Civil Engineering Lleida Bàsquet in Spain, whom he joined in October 2010, signing a one-year contract.
He returned to the Stampede for 18 games in November 2011.
In February 2012, Ambres joined Career Development Pathway Santiago, a local Dominican squad. In September 2012, Ambres joined Club Nacional from the Uruguayan Basketball League. Ambres returned to Romania in January 2013 when he signed with Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) Sibiu.
As of 2015, he plays for First Rate (at Lloyd's) Geish Army of the Egyptian Basketball Premier League.
