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Kia Vaughn

  • Award
    Women's Player of the Year
  • Week Of
    4/10/2007
  • Sport
    Women's Division I
  • School
    Rutgers
  • Year
    Sophomore
  • Position
    Center
  • Hometown
    Bronx, NY
  • High School
    St. Michael Academy
Kia Vaughn of Rutgers was named the 2006-07 All Met Division I Women's Player of the Year by the Met Basketball Writers Association, following the Scarlet Knights' (27-9) first-ever appearance in the NCAA title game. Vaughn and her peers were honored on Tueday, April 10, at the Giants Stadium Club in East Rutherford, NJ.    827

Vaughn finished the year averaging 12.8 points per game to go along with 9.3 boards per contest, which ranked her third in the Big East and 41st nationally.

She blocked 92 shots during the season, the second-best single-season mark in Scarlet Knight history, while her average of 2.6 blocks per game also ranked 17th in the country.

Rutgers won the school's first and only Big East regular-season and Tournament Championship in 2007, beating perennial favorite UConn in the final.

The 6-4 sophomore center had a great game in the National Championship tilt against Tennessee with 20 points and 10 rebounds.

Born in the Bronx, the St. Michael Academy product finished her RU career with 15 double-doubles, 12 during the 2006-07 season.

She was also named a WBCA All-American during her time in Piscataway and was drafted by her local New York Liberty in the WNBA in 2009, earning many accolades during her long professional career.

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