Bio

Roschelle Vaughn played just two seasons on the Tech women’s basketball team but proved to be one of the most dominant players in Golden Eaglette history, putting together credentials in those two years that most players don’t achieve in four.

Vaughn was one of the top performers in the nation and the headline player for a Golden Eaglette squad which posted a combined 43-16 overall record, won two OVC championships with a combined 27-3 record against the league, and reached back-to-back NCAA Tournaments.

Twice named first-team all-OVC, Roschelle was chosen the OVC Player of the Year and OVC Female Athlete of the Years following her senior season. On the all-time Tech scoring charts, the only players who averaged more than Vaughn’s 20.4 career points per game at the time of her induction were Jarilynn Harper, Angela Moorehead and Cheryl Taylor, who were all previously inducted into the Tech Sports Hall of Fame. She is the only two-year player in Tech history to join the 1,000-Point Club.

The Charlotte, Tenn. Native was a dominant force on the floor for Coach Bill Worrell, ranking both years among conference and national leaders in scoring, rebounding, and field goal percentage. Playing 59 career games, she left Tech ranked second in field goal percentage, 12^th in free throw percentage, 12^th in scoring, 12^th in steals, and 14^th in rebounds.

In her senior season, she helped Tech post a 22-7 overall record and win their fourth consecutive OVC crown with a 14-2 mark and fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. She was the only player in the nation ranked among the NCAA Division I top 10 in scoring and field goal percentage.

She led the league and ranked sixth nationally in scoring with 23.4 points per game, and topped the OVC ranked third in the country in shooting accuracy, hitting 67.6 percent. She also led the OVC in rebounding with 9.3 per game. She was named the Sports Illustrated Player of the Week (12/21/92) and earned all-tournament honors at both the Tennessee Tech Classic and the Oakland Tribune Classic. She was named OVC Player of the Year, OVC Tournament Most Valuable Player, and first-team all-OVC. She was the first player in eight years to average in the double figures in both scoring (22.9) and rebounds (10.0).

On February 11, 1993, she became the 15^th player in Tech history to reach 1,000 career points when she scored 33 points in 29 minutes of action in leading Tech to a 91-62 win over Austin Peay. Roschelle came to Tech in 1991-92 after two seasons at Motlow State Community College and helped lead the Golden Eaglettes to the OVC regular season and tournament championships and their fourth consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament with a 22-9 overall record. Shooting 60.2 percent, she topped the OVC in field goal percentage. She led the team and ranked second in the OVC in scoring with 18.0 points per game and also led the team and ranked sixth in the league in rebounds per game with 8.4.

During her junior year she was named OVC newcomer of the Week three time and OVC Player of the Week twice, and wrapped up her first season by earning first-team all-OVC honors. She opened the year by earning all-tournament honors at the Tennessee Tech Classic, and was also named all-tournament at the Pepsi/Church’s Holiday Classic in Miami. Her double-double of 15 points and 13 rebounds helped lead Tech over Eastern Kentucky in the OVC Tournament championship game and she was named to the OVC all-tournament team. She had 12 double-double games her junior season and led the team in scoring 12 times.

Vaughn returned to Tech to earn her bachelor’s degree in education in 1995.