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Yonta Vaughn

Guard
Position
5'8''
Height
Junior
Class
District Heights, Md.
Hometown
Bishop McNamara HS
High School
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Yonta Vaughn - Women's Basketball - Virginia Cavaliers

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2023-24
• Scored a career-high 14 points in 81-59 win over Tulane (11/24)

2022-23
• All-ACC Academic Team
• Appeared in 28 games with seven starts, averaging 3.4 points and 2.3 rebounds per game
• 1.88 assist-to-turnover ratio with 79 assists to 42 turnovers
• Made her collegiate debut in the season-opener, grabbing six rebounds with four assists in 18 minutes (11/7)
• Had her first double-digit scoring game in her second outing, putting up 10 in the win against UMBC (11/10)
• Made her first collegiate start at Notre Dame, scoring five points with four assists (1/22)
• Dished eight assists at Syracuse, the most by a Cavalier in a single game this season (1/26)
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

BACKGROUND
• Four-year starting point guard for nationally-ranked Bishop McNamara High School
• No. 72 in the ESPN HoopGurlz rankings and No. 15 point guard
• Ranked as the No. 49 recruit by Collegiate Girls Basketball and No. 66 by All-Star Girls Report
• McDonald’s All-American nominee
• Two-time Washington Post All-Met honorable mention
• 2021-22 All-WCAC Second Team

PERSONAL
• Daughter of Tonya Bazemore
• Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences