Her father Linzell "Predator" Vaughn is a noted street ball player at Rucker Park.

During her sophomore season, she was named the All-Met Division I Women's College Basketball Player of the Year.

[5] That year, she helped lead the Rutgers women's basketball team to a Big East Conference championship.

In her fourth season with the Liberty, Vaughn became a role player on the roster, playing 31 games with 17 starts.

In January 2017, the New York Liberty re-acquired Vaughan in a three-team trade deal that sent teammate Bria Hartley also to the Liberty, Carolyn Swords along with the 15th overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft to the Seattle Storm and the Mystics receiving two 2017 first round draft picks from the Storm.

[19] On August 14, 2007 Vaughn, one of the women involved in the controversial remarks made earlier that year by Don Imus and his producer Bernard McGuirk, filed suit against Imus, McGuirk, NBC Universal, CBS Corporation, MSNBC, CBS Radio, Viacom, Westwood One radio, citing slander, libel, and defamation of character.

[20] Vaughn dropped the lawsuit against Imus on September 11, 2007, citing her desire to "concentrate on her studies and basketball training.