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

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player for

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. He is a tall

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. He finished his

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career at

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High school

Vaughn attended Skyline High School, in

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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

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for the 2013–14 season. For the 2014–15 season he moved to the Israeli

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club

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. 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

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' summer league squad, for the

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. On July 13, 2016, Vaughn signed with

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of the French

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. On October 14, 2016, he moved to the German club

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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 Partizan 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 Israeli Basketball National League. On November 19, 2022, he signed with

BC Astana Astana Basketball Club (), commonly referred to as BC Astana, is a Kazakh professional basketball club that is based in Astana, Kazakhstan. Founded in 2011, it has competed in the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship and the VTB United League sinc ...

of the

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and the

VTB United League The VTB United League () is an international professional men's club basketball league that was founded in 2009. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus and Kazakhstan. Since 2013, it is the first tier of Russian ...

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