Jacque Vaughn was born February 11, 1975 in Los Angeles Married his wife Laura, in July of 2003 He enjoys reading and writing poetry, and lists Maya Angelou, Robert Frost, Walt Whitman and Sylvia Plath to be his favorite authors Appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s College Basketball Preview issue on November 27, 1995 Vaughn earned a business administration degree from Kansas and wants to obtain an MBA following his basketball career Was chosen the 1997 GTE Academic All-American of the Year with a cumulative GPA of 3.72, and named to GTE’s First Team All-Academic team on two occasions Wears a size 12 basketball shoe Was one of five players featured in NBA Rookie Diary, a book by Mike Monroe, chronicling the players’ first season in the league Considers Magic Johnson and John Stockton his basketball heroes.