Indiana in an early season game at Allen Fieldhouse. Throughout his four years at Kansas, Vaughn was known as a good distributor of the basketball and effective defender with great speed and court awareness. By the end of his college career, he was the all-time leader in assists in Kansas basketball history with 804 total (since surpassed by Aaron Miles), as well as the Big Eight Conference's all-time record holder. In 1995, Vaugn was named Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. Additionally in 1997, the award given annually to the school's assist leader was renamed to include Vaughn, Miles and original assists leader, Cedric Hunter, as the Hunter/Vaughn/Miles Assists Award. Vaughn earned a 3.72 GPA as a business administration major. He was a two-time Academic All-American at Kansas and the 1997 GTE Academic All-American of the Year. He was also a two-time all-conference pick and was named the Big Eight Player of the Year in 1996. His college jersey was retired on December 31, 2002, and hangs in the rafters of Allen Fieldhouse. Professional In 1997, Vaughn was selected 27th overall by the Utah Jazz in the 1997 NBA draft. In addition to playing four seasons in Utah, Vaughn also played with the Orlando Magic, the Atlanta Hawks (in two separate stints), New Jersey Nets, and San Antonio Spurs. He appeared in 64 games for the NBA champion San Antonio Spurs during the 2006–07 season and finished his career there, retiring after the 2008–09 season. Over his career, he averaged 4.5 points per game and 2.5 assists per game. He also set an NBA record for consecutive missed field goal attempts to open a season, missing his first 22 to start the 2001 season with the Atlanta Hawks. After those 22 straight misses he shot a career best 47 percent that season. NBA career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Utah | 45 || 0 || 9.3 || .361 || .375 || .706 || .8 || 1.9 || .2 || .0 || 3.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Utah | 19 || 0 || 4.6 || .367 || .250 || .833 || .6 || .6 || .3 || .0 || 2.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Utah | 78 || 0 || 11.3 || .416 || .412 || .750 || .8 || 1.6 || .4 || .0 || 3.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Utah | 82