Kwame Donte Vaughn (born May 31, 1990) is an American professional

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player for

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of the

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and the

VTB United League VTB United League (russian: Единая Лига ВТБ) is an international professional men's club basketball league that was founded in 2008. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus and Kazakhstan. Since 2013, it ...

. He is a 1.91 m (6'3") tall point guard- shooting guard. He finished his

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career at

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High school

Vaughn attended Skyline High School, in Oakland,

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, where he played high school basketball.

College career

Vaughn played

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at the

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, with the

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, from 2008 to 2010. He then played college basketball at

, with the

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, from 2011 to 2013.

Professional career

On August 26, 2013, Vaughn signed with Italian Serie A2 club Fortitudo Agrigento for the 2013–14 season. For the 2014–15 season he moved to the Israeli

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club

Ironi Ramat Gan Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan ( he, מכבי עירוני רמת גן, formerly Ironi Ramat Gan) is a male basketball club based in Ramat Gan in central Israel. The team plays in Liga Leumit, the second division in Israeli basketball. It plays at the Sha ...

. On August 5, 2015, Vaughn signed with Belgian club

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. On April 12, 2016, Antwerp has terminated the deal with Vaughn for disciplinary reasons. Three days later, he signed with Israeli club

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for the rest of the season. In July 2016, Vaughn joined the Philadelphia 76ers' summer league squad, for the

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. On July 13, 2016, Vaughn signed with ASVEL Basket of the French LNB Pro A. On October 14, 2016, he moved to the German club Skyliners Frankfurt for the rest of the season. On September 4, 2017, Vaughn signed a one-year deal with Greek club

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. In late November 2017, he was released by Aris. On January 14, 2018, he signed with Serbian club

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for the rest of the 2017–18 season. On November 18, 2018, he signed with Croatian club

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for the rest of the 2018–19 season. In March 2019, he left Zadar. 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

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from the

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. On November 19, 2022, he signed with

of the

and the

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