Details
Height: 6’1
Forward
College
Virginia Commonwealth University
Pro
EuroLeague, WNBA
Highlights
Krystal Vaughn (September 8, 1986) is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the small forward position internationally in Germany.
Krystal is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University (2008) with a BA in Sports Management. Upon completeing her undergraduate degree, she was drafted to the Washington Mystics of the WNBA. After a year with the Mystics, Krystal was plaqued with injury. Krystal has since played in five different european countries: Greece, Israel, Spain, Finland, and Germany.
Krystal is now pursuing a career in personal fitness training (through certification), as well as, fitness modelling while still doing what she loves playing basketball!
After playing in 16 games as a freshman and starting just eight games in her first two seasons, she came to the forefront in the final two years, becoming one of the program’s all-time leading scorers. With 21 points at Old Dominion on Jan. 17, she became the 16th player in school history to score 1,000 career points. Her 532 points, the fourth-best scoring season in school history, moved her into sixth-place on the school’s all-time charts with 1,298 career points. She earned first team All-CAA honors this season and was also named first team All-Virginia by the Richmond-Times Dispatch. She became the first VCU women’s basketball player selected in the WNBA Draft, going to the Washington Mystics with the 34th overall selection.
