Kwame Vaughn

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Kwame Vaughn
No. 8–Peja
Position Point guard / shooting guard
League Kosovo Superleague
Personal information
Born (1990-05-31) May 31, 1990 (age 33)
Oakland, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school Skyline (Oakland, California)
College
NBA draft 2013: undrafted
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013–2014 Fortitudo Agrigento
2014–2015 Ironi Ramat Gan
2015–2016 Antwerp Giants
2016 Ironi Nahariya
2016 ASVEL Basket
2016–2017 Skyliners Frankfurt
2017 Aris Thessaloniki
2018 Partizan
2018–2019 Zadar
2019–2020 Al-Ittihad Jeddah
2020–2021 Prizreni
2021 CSU Ploiești
2022 Maccabi Haifa
2022–2023 Astana
2024–present Peja
Career highlights and awards
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

Kwame Donte Vaughn [1] (born May 31, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for KB Peja of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague. He is a 1.91 m (6'3") tall point guard-shooting guard. [2] He finished his college basketball career at Cal State Fullerton.

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High school

Vaughn attended Skyline High School, in Oakland, California, where he played high school basketball.

College career

Vaughn played NCAA Division I college basketball at the University of San Francisco, with the San Francisco Dons, from 2008 to 2010. He then played college basketball at Cal State Fullerton, with the Cal State Fullerton Titans, from 2011 to 2013.

Professional career

On August 26, 2013, Vaughn signed with Italian Serie A2 club Fortitudo Agrigento for the 2013–14 season. [3] For the 2014–15 season he moved to the Israeli Liga Leumit club Ironi Ramat Gan.

On August 5, 2015, Vaughn signed with Belgian club Antwerp Giants. [4] On April 12, 2016, Antwerp has terminated the deal with Vaughn for disciplinary reasons. [5] Three days later, he signed with Israeli club Ironi Nahariya for the rest of the season. [6]

In July 2016, Vaughn joined the Philadelphia 76ers' summer league squad, for the 2016 NBA Summer League. [7] On July 13, 2016, Vaughn signed with ASVEL Basket of the French LNB Pro A. [8] On October 14, 2016, he moved to the German club Skyliners Frankfurt for the rest of the season. [9]

On September 4, 2017, Vaughn signed a one-year deal with Greek club Aris Thessaloniki. [10] In late November 2017, he was released by Aris. [11] On January 14, 2018, he signed with Serbian club Partizan for the rest of the 2017–18 season. [12] On November 18, 2018, he signed with Croatian club Zadar for the rest of the 2018–19 season. [13] In March 2019, he left Zadar. [14]

In 2021, Vaughn joined CSU Ploiești of the Romanian league, but left the team in November after averaging 15.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per game. On January 11, 2022, Vaughn signed with Maccabi Haifa from the Israeli Basketball National League. [15]

On November 19, 2022, he signed with BC Astana of the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship and the VTB United League. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kwame Donte Vaughn was born on May 31, 1990 in Alameda County, California". californiabirthindex.org. California Birth Index . Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  2. ↑ RealGM Profile
  3. ↑ Moncada Solar Agrigento sign rookie Kwame Vaughn
  4. ↑ Antwerp Giants land Kwame Vaughn
  5. ↑ Antwerp Giants terminated the contract with Kwame Vaughn, Kevin Dillard will replace him
  6. ↑ Kwame Vaughn signing with Ironi Nahariya
  7. ↑ Boyd, Ray (July 1, 2016). "Ben Simmons Headlines Sixers Summer League Roster". CBSLocal.com. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  8. ↑ "L'ASVEL signe Kwame Vaughn". ASVEL. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  9. ↑ Kwame Vaughn inks with Fraport Skyliners
  10. ↑ Kwame Vaughn signs with Aris B.C.
  11. ↑ Aris BC will release Kwame Vaughn immediately
  12. ↑ "Kvame Van je novi igrač Partizana NIS". kkpartizan.rs (in Serbian). January 14, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Vaughn novi organizator igre Zadra". kkzadar.net (in Croatian). November 18, 2018. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
  14. ↑ "VIDEO: Kratko je trajalo... Kwame Vaughn napušta Zadar". basketball.hr (in Croatian). March 14, 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  15. ↑ Dahan, Netanel (January 11, 2022). "M.Haifa land Kwame Vaughn, ex Ploiesti CSM". Eurobasket. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Astana inks Kwame Vaughn, ex M.Haifa". Eurobasket. November 19, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
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