June 25, 2015

UNLV's NBA Draft History | Vaughn's Updated UNLV Bio

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV's Rashad Vaughn was selected No. 17 by the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA Draft, which was held Thursday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.

The 6-foot-6-inch guard, who was a Runnin' Rebel freshman in 2014-15, became the 15th Runnin' Rebel to be selected in the first round of the NBA Draft since 1975.

"Rashad is a great representative of our program," head coach Dave Rice said. "He is a winner and will be a terrific NBA player."

Vaughn is the second UNLV freshman to be selected in the NBA Draft and second player taken since Anthony Bennett went No. 1 overall to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2013. Bennett was the first freshman from UNLV to be drafted.

There have now been 49 players taken in the NBA Draft from UNLV in its history and the Runnin' Rebels have had two players taken in the last three years after going the previous nine seasons (2004-12) without a selection.

Vaughn is the third UNLV player ever drafted by Milwaukee (Elburt Miller, 8th round in 1968; Lewis Brown, 4th round in 1977) and is the first guard from the program to be drafted since Marcus Banks was taken with the 13th overall pick by Memphis in 2003.

Vaughn was selected as this year's Mountain West Freshman of the Year and also was honorable mention all-league. He started all 23 games he played in for UNLV this past season before being sidelined for the remainder of the year with a knee injury. He averaged a team-high 17.8 points per game, which ranked second in the MW at the time of his injury and was third in the country among freshmen. He also averaged 4.8 rebounds per game, while shooting 43.9 percent from the floor and 38.3 percent on 3-pointers.

Vaughn scored in double figures in 21 of his 23 games played, including each of his last 19 contests. He scored 20 or more nine times and 30 or more twice, while averaging 32.2 minutes played per game. He was also named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches' All-District 17 Second Team.

UNLV's All-Time NBA Draft First-Round Selections

Year Player PickTeam

2015 Rashad Vaughn 17th Milwaukee Bucks

2013 Anthony Bennett 1st Cleveland Cavaliers

2003 Marcus Banks 13th Memphis Grizzlies

1999 Shawn Marion 9th Phoenix Suns

1998 Keon Clark 13th Orlando Magic

1993 J.R. Rider 5th Minnesota Timberwolves

1992 Elmore Spencer 25th Los Angeles Clippers

1991 Larry Johnson 1st Charlotte Hornets

Stacey Augmon 9th Atlanta Hawks

Greg Anthony 12th New York Knicks

1987 Armon Gilliam 2nd Phoenix Suns

1986 Anthony Jones 21st Washington Bullets

1983 Sidney Green 5th Chicago Bulls

1978 Reggie Theus 9th Chicago Bulls

1975 Ricky Sobers 16th Phoenix Suns