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ON VAUGHN: Decided to leave Florida State University and was granted for his release from the Seminole men's basketball team after completing the 2007-08 athletic and academic year...is academically and athletically eligible as he leaves Florida State...played in 31 of the Seminoles' 34 games as a freshman and averaged 13.3 minutes played per game...played in 31 games including 14 of Florida State's 16 ACC games and its game in the NIT against Akron...missed 15 days of practice and two games in late December and early January of his freshman year as he underwent medical testing at the Cleveland (Ohio) Clinic...returned to the line-up on Jan. 12 against Clemson with a clean bill of health...named Mr. Basketball in the state of Virginia following his senior season by the Roanoke Times and World News...rated as a five-star recruit by Rivals.com...ranked as the 34th best prospect in the class of 2007 by Scout.com and recruiting analyst Dave Telep...one of the top players in the 2007 Derby Classic All-Star game as he totaled a double-double of 13 points and 12 rebounds to help his team to a 140-117 victory...shot well from the field with a five-of-nine performance and a perfect two-of-two shooting from the 3-point line...Vaughn played with Duke's Nolan Smith and Michigan's Alex Legion at Oak Hill as a senior...at 6-foot-9 he has the wingspan of a player at least 7-foot-3...competed for a spot on the USA Basketball Under-18 team in 2006...earned the award as the Seminoles' Top 6th Man at the annual team honors banquet in 2008...
AS A FRESHMAN (2008): averaged 3.0 points (ninth on the team), 2.3 rebounds (eighth) and blocked 21 shots (second) as he played in 31 of the Seminoles' 34 games during his freshman season...his 21 blocked shots were tied for the eighth most by a freshman in school history...started the first game of the Seminoles' season against Nicholls State to become the first freshman during the Leonard Hamilton era at Florida State to start the first game of his career...started seven of the Seminoles' first 14 games of the season including their victory over UAB (Nov. 16) from Conference USA in the first round of the Glenn Wilkes Classic and on the road at Providence (Dec. 22) of the Big East...averaged 13.3 minutes played per game as a freshman and played in double figure minutes in 13 of the final 15 games of the season...he played his career-high of 23 minutes against UAB and his ACC career-high of 19 minutes against North Carolina (Feb. 3) and Boston College (Feb. 23) in games played at the Donald L. Tucker Center...scored his career-high of 12 points in the Seminoles' victory over Georgia Southern (Nov. 12)...made a career-high tying three field goals and was a career-high and perfect six-of-six from the free throw line against the Eagles...scored eight points in the Seminole's victory over Georgia State (Nov. 20) at home and totaled eight points in Florida State's nationally televised victory over Minnesota (Nov. 27) in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge...scored of total of 46 points in his first eight games and was averaging 5.8 points per game through the first quarter of his freshman season...scored his career-high against an ACC opponent of seven points in the Seminoles' game against North Carolina in the quarterfinal round of the ACC Tournament at Charlotte Bobcats Arena (March 14)...pulled down his career-high of five rebounds against Cleveland State (Nov. 17) and his ACC career-high of five rebounds against Wake Forest (Feb. 14) and Clemson (Feb. 19) in back-to-back games in mid-February...blocked his career-high of three shots against Georgia Southern and in the Seminoles' ACC victory over Miami in Coral Gables (Feb. 6)...blocked his three shots against the Hurricanes in a 30 second span in the first half of Florida State's ACC road win over the Hurricanes...blocked multiple shots in four different games as a freshman...(vs. Boston College): scored six points and pulled down five rebounds in the Seminoles only game of the season against Boston College...his six points (four in the second half) helped Florida State defeat the Eagles in Tallahassee (Feb. 23) for the first win over Boston College in school history...scored four consecutive points on a lay-up and a tip-in to give the Seminoles a 46-35 lead with 11:36 remaining in the second half of the Seminoles' victory...his points were especially important as the Eagles had drawn to within seven at 42-35...Vaughn's two baskets and four total points began an 11-4 run by the Seminoles which took their lead from seven to 14 in less than four minutes...the four points became even bigger at the end of the game as Boston College drew back to within two with only 23 seconds remaining in the game...the Seminoles won the game, 66-63, a margin of three points for their fifth ACC victory of the season...also added a second half blocked shot that allowed Florida State to maintain a 13-point lead on its way to the victory...played his ACC career-high of 19 minutes in the Seminoles' victory over the Eagles...(vs. Clemson): averaged 1.0 point and 2.5 rebounds in two games played against NCAA Tournament participant Clemson...played in both games against the Tigers as the teams split the season series with each winning on its home court...scored two points and pulled down five rebounds in 11 minutes of play as Florida State defeated Clemson in Tallahassee (Feb. 19)...his two points came on a first half dunk at the 7:19 mark to give the Seminoles a 23-12 lead...his offensive effort helped the Florida State run out to a 35-17 lead after the first 20 minutes and hold onto the lead for the 64-55 win at home...also pulled down his ACC career-high of five rebounds in the first half of the win...a first half blocked shot loomed large as his block allowed the Seminoles to maintain its early lead at 7-4...earned three minutes of playing time in the first meeting of the season between the Seminoles and the Tigers in Clemson (Jan. 12)...all three minutes of playing time came in the first half as he made a successful return from medical testing that had forced him to miss 15 days of games and practice...his action against Clemson on Jan. 12 was his first since Dec. 22 against Providence...played a total of 30 seconds in the second half as the Seminoles tried to take the victory on the road against the nationally ranked Tigers...Clemson sent the came into overtime on a prayer of a 3-point shot and sent the game into a second overtime on a prayer of a put back before winning the game, 97-85, in double overtime...(vs. Georgia Tech): did not play against Georgia Tech as he missed one of two games during the season while undergoing medical testing...(vs. Maryland): scored zero points and pulled down two rebounds in 14 minutes of playing time in Florida State's only game against NIT participant Maryland during the 2007-08 season...totaled one rebound in the first half to help Florida State to a 40-32 lead at the intermission...the home standing Terps recovered to win the game 82-72...both of his rebounds came on the offensive end of the court...his second half offensive rebound led directly to a made jumps hot by fellow Seminole freshman Jordan DeMercy...(vs. Miami): averaged 1.0 point and 2.0 rebounds in two games against NCAA Tournament participant Miami...helped lead the Seminoles to victories over Miami on the road in Coral Gables and at home in Tallahassee...his three blocked shots in the two games against the Hurricanes led the Seminoles against Miami in the regular season series sweep...scored zero points but was active defensively with four rebounds and three blocked shots as the Seminoles won in the road in Coral Gables (Feb. 6)...led Florida State in blocked shots and was among the team leaders in rebounds in the win...two blocked shots within a four second span and three blocked shots in a 30 second span of the first half as the early part of the game was dominated by defense...he first block came on a lay-up attempt by Eddie Rios and the second on a lay-up attempt by Raymond Hicks...his blocked shots allowed Florida State to keep a 4-2 lead with just under six minutes played in the game...his third blocked shot on a jumper by Jimmy Graham disturbed the Hurricanes even more as they totaled five points in the first eight minutes of the game...was defensive in the second half with two rebounds as the Seminoles held on to the lead and gained the win...earned 14 minutes of playing time...scored two points and earned one assist in 13 minutes of playing time as Florida State won in Tallahassee (March 8) in overtime by the score of 75-72...was perfect form the free throw line in the second half for his two points...his two points helped give Florida State a six-point lead at 50-44 at the 10:57 mark...his two points proved big again as the Seminoles had to recover in the final seconds of regulation to send the game into overtime with the score tied a 66-66...(vs. North Carolina): averaged 4.3 points and 3.7 rebounds in three games against ACC Champions and NCAA Semifinalist North Carolina...shot well form the field as he made six of eight shots (.750) in the three game set against the Tar Heels...was matched up against All-American Tyler Hansbrough through the series against the Tar Heels...scored two points and pulled down one rebound in an ACC Career-high tying 19 minutes as the Seminoles took the No. 4 ranked Tar Heels into overtime in Tallahassee (Feb. 3)...scored his two points in the second half as Florida State outscored North Carolina, 38-36, to force overtime...his basket came at the 11:07 mark and pulled the Seminoles to within one a 46-45...his basket began a half-ending 23-20 run to pull Florida State into a 67-67 tie after the end of regulation...North Carolina won the game in overtime, 84-73...earned a very productive 14 minutes of playing time when the Seminoles traveled to play at North Carolina (March 4) with four points, four rebounds and one blocked shot...scored two first half points on a put-back after his own offensive rebound to give Florida State a 21-17 lead at the 7:47 mark...helped Florida hold the lead for most of the first 16 minutes of the game...of his four rebounds a total of three came on the offensive end...North Carolina pulled away late to gain the 90-77 victory...scored seven points for his career-high against an ACC opponent as he totaled seven points and three rebounds in 12 minutes of play in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament at Charlotte Bobcats Arena...all seven points came in the second half as the Seminoles tried to climb back in the game after trailing 35-28 at the half...his seven second half points were more than he scored in 27 of his 31 games played during his freshman season...was a perfect three of three from the field as he made his career-high of three field goals against an ACC opponent... (vs. NC State): averaged 1.0 point and 2.5 rebounds in two games against NC State...averaged 10.5 minutes played per game as the Seminoles and the Wolfpack split the season series with each team winning on its opponents' home court...scored two points and pulled down four rebounds in 10 minutes of play as the Seminoles played host to NC State in Tallahassee (Jan. 26)...scored his two points on a second half dunk as Florida State worked to rally from a 35-31 halftime deficit...his four rebounds against NC State marked one of 10 times during his freshman season and one of seven times in ACC play during his freshman season that he pulled down four or more rebounds...scored zero points and pulled down one rebound in 11 minutes of play as Florida State win in Raleigh (Feb. 27)...Florida State never trailed and won the ACC game on the road, 72-62, for its sixth ACC win of the season...(vs. Virginia): scored zero points and pulled down four rebounds as Florida State defeated Virginia in the only game of the season between the Seminoles and the Cavaliers (Jan. 23)...Florida State defeated Virginia, 69-67, to gain its second ACC victory of the season...his four rebounds came in only 11 minutes played...(vs. Virginia Tech): totaled zero points and zero rebounds in eight minutes played as Florida State traveled to play at Virginia Tech (Jan. 29)...the game against the Hokies was the first of his career back in his home state of Virginia...the Hokies had the fend off the late-charging Seminoles to win the game, 89-80...(vs. Wake Forest): averaged 3.3 points and 2.0 rebounds while blocking two shots in three games against Wake Forest...averaged 10.7 minutes played per game and shot .571 from the field (four-of-seven) against the Deacons...scored five points in 10 minutes of playing time as the Seminoles defeated Wake Forest, 70-60, in the first round of the ACC Tournament at Charlotte Bobcats Arena (March 13)...scored all five points in the first half of the game as the Seminoles darted to a 31-26 lead and led virtually the entire contest in Vaughn's first career ACC Tournament game...scored his first career ACC Tournament basket on a lay-up at the 12:51 mark of the first half to give the Seminoles as 15-11 lead...the Seminoles led 31-26 at the half (the advantage equaled Vaughn's total of five points scored) in gaining the first round ACC Tournament victory for the second consecutive season...scored zero points, pulled down one rebound and blocked two shots in nine minutes of playing time as the Seminoles traveled to play at Wake Forest (Jan. 20)...totaled one rebound and one blocked shot as the Seminoles sprinted to a 31-28 halftime lead...the Demon Deacons recovered to gain the victory at home, 74-57...scored five points and pulled down an ACC career-high tying five rebounds as the Seminoles played host to Wake Forest (Feb. 14)...scored three first half points and two in the second as the Seminoles worked to recover from a 42-26 halftime deficit...despite outscoring the Deacons, 44-36, in the second half the Seminoles fell 78-70...(vs. Akron in the NIT): scored zero points and pulled down zero rebounds in nine minutes played against Akron in the first round of the NIT...played nine minutes and blocked one shot as the Zips defeated the Seminoles in Tallahassee 65-60 (March 18)...(vs. Florida): scored zero points and pulled down one rebound in six minutes of play in the Seminoles' 65-51 victory over Florida in Gainesville (Nov. 23)...his rebound came in the first half and helped Florida State spring out to a 34-21 lead and then cruise to the 65-51 victory over their arch rival Gators on the road...
AT OAK HILL ACADEMY: Graduated from Oak Hill Academy in 2007...averaged 8.2 points and 10.2 rebounds to go along with 3.3 blocked shots per game in leading the Warriors to the No. 1 overall national ranking and the mythical national championship in the USA Today's Super 25 boy's high school basketball rankings for the 2007 season...was the sixth time in school history OHA finished as the nation's No. 1 ranked team...helped lead Oak Hill to a 40-1 overall record to tie the single-season school record for wins at the nationally renowned school...during the season, he helped the Warriors defeat nine different state champion teams...shot 59 percent from the floor in the Warriors up-tempo offense during his senior season...scored 22 points and pulled down a school record 31 rebounds against Bonner Academy from Raleigh, N.C., on Feb. 18, 2007.
AT SOUTH LAKES: Attended South Lakes High School for two seasons (2005 and 2006)...averaged a double-double of 20.1 points and 12.5 rebounds while making 32 3-point shots and shooting 36.4 percent from the 3-point line as a junior...was an All-Met Second-Team selection by the Washington Post as a junior...helped lead South Lakes to a 17-9 record in 2006...scored in double figures in all but one game and totaled at least 20 points 14 times and at least 30 points three times as a junior...his season-high of 31 points came against both Thomas Jefferson and Herndon...while his season-high of 16 rebounds came against McLean...totaled 17 double-doubles as a junior with at least 12 rebounds coming 12 timers.
AT MONTROSE CHRISTIAN: Attended Montrose Christian and played for Head Coach Stu Vetter as a freshman during the 2003-04 season...averaged 20 points and 11 rebounds...played with former Seminole junior Uche Echefu that season.
PERSONAL: Born Dec. 16, 1988...Julian is the son of Eric and Marcia Vaughn...his father, Eric, played one season at Cornell before leaving the basketball team to concentrate on his academics...earned better than a 3.7 grade point average in highs school...made a name for himself as a member of the highly successful D.C. Assault team on the AAU circuit...selected Florida State over Kentucky, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Pittsburgh prior to his freshman season...
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