Don Vaughn was a great basketball player. This three-year starter is one of only two basketball players to ever score 1,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds. He guided the Lions to eighteen or more victories in each of his three seasons.
Vaughn's resume is sharp. It is filled with several accolades such as District 18 All-Star, First Team ('81-'82) and Second Team All Big Five ('80-'81). He scored 552 points in the 1981-82 season, third most in a season, and has an average of 20.4 points per game, which is eleventh best. That year he led his team in scoring and rebounding as they entered the District 18 playoffs for the second time in three years. Vaughn's 1,002 rebounds are second best all-time, and are an average of 9.1 rebounds per game. An impressive note about Vaughn's point scoring ability is that his career field goal percentage is an outstanding 55.2 percent. This is third best in a career.