Heads into third season with the Black Knights ... potential to move into higher level of competition after spending first two years gaining experience ... lends valuable depth to young squad ... has displayed physical and technical skills to be successful ... capable of providing valuable depth to team.

2007-08: Drew limited appearances in both disciplines ... fired a personal-best 572 in air rifle in triangular sweep of GARC rivals North Carolina State and Nebraska in second meet during the fall  ... broke former mark by two points and previous season high of 568 in opening win versus Akron ... turned in a season-best 562 smallbore mark against the Zips ... second best smallbore mark of 561 fired three times, last against NCAA defending champion Alaska Fairbanks in second half of season ... fired a 566  air rifle mark against the Nanooks.

2006-07: Competed in Army’s home matches in both disciplines ...   season-high air rifle score of 570 recorded in win over West Virginia during fall campaign ... mark bettered previous high tallied in home opener versus Memphis by nine points ... second highest mark, a 566, fired against defending NCAA champions Alaska Fairbanks ... turned in top smallbore mark of 566 in Kentucky match at start of winter slate ... broke previous high set in sweep of USIP and TCU that closed out the fall slate ... second best mark recorded against Navy ... fired a 561 in air rifle against Navy as the Black Knights posted first home win over Mids since 1985.

Prior to West Point: Four-year member of LaCueva H.S. MCJROTC Rifle team ... two-time team captain ... Junior Olympic qualifier who met standard all four years in air rifle in both sports and precision class ... New Mexico state air rifle champion in 2005 ...led team that year to JROTC National title ... also member of President’s 100 in air rifle ... helped set national air rifle team three-position mark of 2332 in 2005 ... academic letterman and two-sport athlete at LaCueva ... four-year member of the cross country team along with competing two years in track.

Personal: Given name is Samuel Kent Vaughn ... son of Kent and Mary Anne Vaughn ... majoring in Geospatial Information Science.