Jacque Vaughn

infobox NBA Player


name = Jacque Vaughn
position = Point guard
height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1
weight_lbs = 190
league = NBA
team = San Antonio Spurs
number = 11
nationality = American
birth_date = birth date and age|1975|2|11
birth_place = Los Angeles, California
highschool = John Muir
college = Kansas
draft = 27th overall
draft_year = 1997
draft_team = Utah Jazz
career_start = 1997
former_teams = Utah Jazz (1997–2001) Atlanta Hawks (2001–2002) Orlando Magic (2002–2003) Atlanta Hawks (2003–2004) New Jersey Nets (2004–2006)
awards =

Jacque Vaughn (born February 11 1975 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player who currently is a backup point guard for the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA. He won his first championship as a member of the Spurs in 2007.

High school career

A native of Altadena, California, Vaughn attended John Muir High School in nearby Pasadena, becoming the best high school player in that area since former Muir High and NBA standout Stacey Augmon. Vaughn excelled both on and off the court, and by his senior year was ranked as high as the #7 high school recruit in the country and the #2 point guard in the class of 1993 behind arguably the nation's top player that year, Randy Livingston. Over the course of the season, Vaughn averaged over 21 points and 19 assists per game, while also compiling six triple doubles. Named a First-Team All-American by nearly every publication on the market, Vaughn rounded off his special season with a selection to participate in the prestigious McDonald's All-American Game where he put on a show, scoring only 6 points but amassing 13 assists (still a McDonald's record), while also thoroughly outplaying the higher-ranked Livingston once again -- this time on a national stage (they had both matched up against each other in the All-Star Game of the 1992 Nike Camp), and was named co-MVP with the University of North Carolina's Jerry Stackhouse in the process. After considering Georgetown University, Indiana University, UNLV, the University of Arizona and UCLA, Vaughn decided to play for coach Roy Williams at the University of Kansas, continuing, along with fellow recruit and college roommate Scot Pollard, the California pipeline of high school hoopsters to Lawrence, Kansas, started by former standouts Adonis Jordan and Rex Walters, and continuing in later years with Paul Pierce, and Eric Chenoweth.

Collegiate career

In his college career, Vaughn made an immediate impact, quickly becoming the starting point guard as a freshman by impressively beating out the incumbent starter, the ultra-quick Calvin Rayford, a former McDonald's All-American himself. Among Vaughn's first- year highlights was earning the MVP award at the 1993 Pre-Season NIT at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and hitting a game-winning three pointer at the buzzer to beat Indiana in an early season game at Kemper Arena. Throughout his four years at Kansas, Vaughn was best known as a flashy distributor of the basketball and a pesky 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 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.

Professional career

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 has also played with the Orlando Magic, the Atlanta Hawks (in two separate stints), as well as the New Jersey Nets. He holds 1997-2006 career averages of 4.8 points and 2.6 assists in 17.2 minutes per game and still holds the 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.

Academic achievements

In addition to his athletic prowess, Vaughn continually excelled academically on both the scholastic and collegiate levels, maintaining a 3.94 GPA in high school Honors and AP courses and a 3.72 GPA as a Business Administration major at Kansas. As a senior in 1993, Vaughn was awarded the Dial Award as the nation's top male high school scholar-athlete, becoming the first basketball player ever to win that award, was a two-time Academic All-American at Kansas and the 1997 GTE Academic All-American of the Year. He was also named the Big Eight Player of the Year in 1996 and a was a two-time all-conference pick.Fact|date=May 2007 His college jersey was retired on December 31, 2002 and hangs in the rafters of Allen Fieldhouse. [ [http://6news.kusports.com/intherafters/vaughn.html "KUSports.com"] ]

Vaughn, an avid poetry reader, is married to his college sweetheart, Laura, and has two sons, Jalen and Jeremiah.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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align="left" | 1997–98
align="left" | Utah
45 || 0 || 9.3 || .361 || .375 || .706 || .8 || 1.9 || .2 || .0 || 3.1
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align="left" | 1998–99
align="left" | Utah
19 || 0 || 4.6 || .367 || .250 || .833 || .6 || .6 || .3 || .0 || 2.3
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align="left" | 1999–00
align="left" | Utah
78 || 0 || 11.3 || .416 || .412 || .750 || .8 || 1.6 || .4 || .0 || 3.7
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align="left" | 2000–01
align="left" | Utah
82 || 0 || 19.8 || .433 || .385 || .780 || 1.8 || 3.9 || .6 || .0 || 6.1
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align="left" | 2001–02
align="left" | Atlanta
82 || 16 || 22.6 || .470 || .444 || .825 || 2.0 || 4.3 || .8 || .0 || 6.6
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align="left" | 2002–03
align="left" | Orlando
80 || 48 || 21.1 || .448 || .235 || .776 || 1.5 || 2.9 || .8 || .0 || 5.9
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align="left" | 2003–04
align="left" | Atlanta
71 || 6 || 17.9 || .386 || .150 || .779 || 1.6 || 2.7 || .6 || .0 || 3.8
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align="left" | 2004–05
align="left" | New Jersey
71 || 34 || 19.9 || .449 || .333 || .835 || 1.5 || 1.9 || .6 || .0 || 5.3
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align="left" | 2005–06
align="left" | New Jersey
80 || 6 || 15.4 || .437 || .167 || .728 || 1.1 || 1.5 || .5 || .0 || 3.4
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align="left" | 2006–07
align="left" | San Antonio
64 || 4 || 11.9 || .425 || .500 || .754 || 1.1 || 2.0 || .4 || .0 || 3.0
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align="left" | 2007–08
align="left" | San Antonio
74 || 9 || 15.4 || .428 || .300 || .763 || 1.0 || 2.1 || .3 || .0 || 4.1
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align="left" | Career
align="left" |
746 || 123 || 16.6 || .432 || .349 || .777 || 1.3 || 2.5 || .5 || .0 || 4.6
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Playoffs

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align="left" | 1997–98
align="left" | Utah
7 || 0 || 3.4 || .200 || .500 || 1.000 || .4 || .6 || .0 || .0 || 1.0
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align="left" | 1998–99
align="left" | Utah
2 || 0 || 3.0 || .500 || 1.000 || .000 || .0 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || 1.5
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align="left" | 1999–00
align="left" | Utah
7 || 0 || 9.6 || .357 || .500 || .875 || 1.7 || 1.6 || .6 || .1 || 4.0
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align="left" | 2000–01
align="left" | Utah
5 || 0 || 11.4 || .100 || .500 || .000 || .4 || 1.6 || .0 || .2 || .6
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align="left" | 2002–03
align="left" | Orlando
7 || 6 || 18.7 || .364 || .000 || .769 || .9 || 3.6 || .6 || .1 || 4.9
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align="left" | 2005–06
align="left" | New Jersey
11 || 0 || 14.5 || .364 || .000 || .571 || 1.0 || 1.1 || .2 || .0 || 2.5
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align="left" | 2006–07
align="left" | San Antonio
20 || 0 || 10.4 || .400 || .000 || .500 || .5 || 1.4 || .2 || .0 || 2.2
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align="left" | 2007–08
align="left" | San Antonio
14 || 0 || 6.5 || .273 || .000 || .000 || .6 || .6 || .1 || .0 || .9
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align="left" | Career
align="left" |
73 || 6 || 10.2 || .340 || .400 || .722 || .7 || 1.3 || .2 || .0 || 2.2
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References