As Western Kentucky’s only senior, Vaughn doesn’t carry a traditional veteran title for the softball Hilltoppers. The 2018 season will be her second year with WKU since the Bowling Green native transferred from Memphis.
Although the Hilltoppers will rely on the lone senior’s leadership, Vaughn has a handful of juniors and sophomores that have shared similar growth.
WKU softball is young again this season with four freshmen, seven sophomores, three juniors and Vaughn as the team’s redshirt senior. The Hilltoppers, picked seventh in the Conference USA Preseason Coaches Poll, start the 2018 campaign Friday against Hampton in a Gardner-Webb hosted tournament in Boiling Springs, N.