AS A SENIOR: Was a key player near the top of the Irish lineup in 2002 ... played mostly No. 2 singles and No. 2 doubles ... won prestigious Byron V. Kanaley Award ... recipient of Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley Rockne Student-Athlete Award for third straight season after being named to the dean[apos]s list in each of last six semesters ... began the spring at No. 3 singles, winning each of her first four matches ... in first match of season at No. 2, upset #34 Luana Magnani in Notre Dame[apos]s 5-2 win over seventh-ranked USC, marking the highest-ranked victim of her career ... had midseason stretch of five wins in six matches with only loss coming in a third-set tiebreaker ... defeated #49 Erica Fisk of Ohio State in straight sets ... clinched win over Air Force with a win in a third-set tiebreaker ... beat Miami[apos]s Marcy Hora 6-0, 6-2 in 4-3 Irish regular-season win ... lost 11 of last 12 singles matches of the season ... was 5-1 in three-set matches ... finished her career on a 40-match winning streak when winning the first set ... posted 17-15 doubles record with four different partners ... with Alicia Salas, won first three matches of spring at No. 3, clinching doubles point in first two matches and upsetting 27th-ranked Kentucky team ... defeated Bernadette Bayani and Melissa Esmero of USC in USTA/ITA National Team Indoor Championships ... began playing with Katie Cunha at No. 2 on February 16, losing debut against Tennessee before running off four straight wins ... clinched doubles point for Irish in consecutive matches against Iowa, Virginia Tech and Wisconsin before a five-match losing streak ... teamed with Becky Varnum for last 10 matches of the season, playing mostly No. 2 ... defeated 26th-ranked doubles team from North Carolina and also notched a win at No. 3 against Wake Forest ... helped Irish clinch doubles point in 4-3 win over Miami ... lost five of first six matches of the fall ... earned career-high national singles ranking of No. 61 in preseason poll ... earned No. 6 seed in Omni Hotels Region IV Championships ... won four of five doubles matches in fall play, all with Caylan Leslie ... only loss came to UCLA[apos]s Petya Marinova and Sara Walker in quarterfinals of adidas Invitational ... also beat USC[apos]s Bayani and Maureen Diaz in exhibition match ... earned ITA Scholar-Athlete recognition ... was a Verizon/CoSIDa Academic All-America nominee ... at end of 2002, ranked 16th on all-time Irish singles win list (83) and was 19th in doubles victories (67), tied for 15th in combined wins (150), 11th in singles dual-match wins (53), and 11th in doubles dual-match wins (43).

AS A JUNIOR: Won a team-high 21 dual matches against just six losses in [apos]01 ... entered ITA singles ranking for first time in her career ... finished year ranked season-best 89th ... was eighth in final regional singles rankings ... her 59 combined wins are the fifth-highest single-season total in school history ... helped Irish reach NCAA round of 16 with clinching wins in singles and doubles vs. Tulane ... posted dual-match wins over Duke[apos]s Megan Miller, North Carolina[apos]s Kendrick Bunn, Pepperdine[apos]s Cintia Tortorella and Kentucky[apos]s Brooke Skeen ... registered six clinching single wins, second only to Becky Varnum[apos]s eight ... had 4-3 record versus ranked opponents and 17-0 record when winning the first set ... one of four Irish players to reach quarterfinals of ITA Midwest singles championships, beating Ohio State[apos]s Monica Rincon in third round ... finished fall with 11-3 record ... won 27 doubles wins with three different partners ... picked up bulk of those matches with Lindsey Green since first teaming together at adidas College Invitational in January ... that pair posted 15-3 record at No. 3 doubles and 2-1 mark at No. 2 ... nine of their 17 dual wins clinched doubles points ... rallied from 0-5 to clinch doubles point in NCAA second round with 9-7 win over Tulane ... also notched wins against Northwestern, Pepperdine, Kentucky, Ohio State and Miami ... only losses at No. 3 doubles came against North Carolina, Georgia and Indiana ... had 5-0 record with Caylan Leslie ... won No. 3 doubles matches against Kansas State, BYU and Kansas ... compiled 4-3 record with Alicia Salas ... reached Eck Classic Flight A doubles final ... earned 4.000 GPA in fall 2000 semester.

AS A SOPHOMORE: One of four Irish players to win at least 20 dual singles matches in [apos]00 ... had 19-9 record at No. 4 singles ... started spring season with 4-6 record at No. 4 singles but won 15 of her last 18 matches ... provided team with key victory against South Carolina in NCAA second round with 7-5, 7-6 win over Kathy Boyanovich after trailing 3-5 in both sets ... also posted dual-match victories against Wake Forest, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio State, Miami and two against William & Mary ... went 5-5 in fall, beating Iowa[apos]s Shera Wiegler, USC[apos]s Veronika Safarova and Ohio State[apos]s Briana Harris ... reached second round of Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Singles Championship before losing third-set tiebreaker to Purdue[apos]s Jennifer Embry ... teamed with five different doubles partners ... went 2-1 with Katie Cunha, losing to Wake Forest at No. 2 as last-minute replacement for Kimberly Guy and defeating Michigan and Purdue at No. 3 ... won at No. 2 doubles against Yale with Michelle Dasso ... also had paired with Becky Varnum at No. 3 doubles ... beat Northwestern[apos]s Jennifer Lutgert and Leigh Weinraub 8-2 in first match together in spring ... played one match with Varnum in the fall and beat USC[apos]s 43rd-ranked Anita Loyola and Jewel Peterson at No. 3 doubles in exhibition dual match. ... went 3-1 with Kimberly Guy in first tournament of the season at Indiana Invitational ... also played with Sarah Scaringe at Illinois Invitational ... earned 3.917 GPA in fall [apos]99 semester.

AS A FRESHMAN: Went 3-1 at Wolverine Fall Invitational ... beat North Carolina[apos]s No. 5 player Courtney Zalinski, Texas A&M[apos]s No. 4 Monica San Miguel and Michigan[apos]s No. 4 Jen Boylan after losing to North Carolina[apos]s No. 1 Jessica Zaganczyk in three sets in first round ... won Buckeye Invitational No. 4 singles with wins over UIC[apos]s No. 2 Serena Xie, Iowa[apos]s No. 5 Erica Johnson and Georgia Tech[apos]s Mason Miller in final ... was one of nine Irish players in 64-player field of Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Singles championships ... went 3-2 at Eck Classic to reach consolation final ... beat Ohio State[apos]s Laura Maloney at No. 6 singles in only dual singles match of season ... finished 13-9 in doubles with three partners ... played most of fall season with Kelly Zalinski ... that pair earned national ranking as high as 37th ... notched wins over Michigan[apos]s eighth-ranked Brooke Hart and Danielle Lund and Purdue[apos]s 30th-ranked Jennifer Embry and Missy Wright in fall ... reached quarterfinals of ITA Midwest doubles championship ... had dual-match wins against Oklahoma and Ohio State ... beat Iowa[apos]s Natalya Dawaf and Megan Kearney at No. 2 doubles during regular season in only match with Becky Varnum ... teamed with Kim Guy at Eck Classic with 3-1 record.

IN NON-COLLEGIATE ACTION: Reached final at 2000 ITA summer circuit event at Notre Dame before falling to teammate Michelle Dasso ... reached doubles semifinals with Alicia Salas before losing to eventual champions Dasso and Varnum.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Four-year letterwinner at Corona del Mar High School where she was named her school[apos]s female athlete of the year as a senior ... led her high school to California Interscholastic Federation title and Southern California sectionals ... two-time CIF individual semifinalist ... four-time team MVP, all-conference, all-city and all-CIF selection ... born Aug. 22, 1980, in Newport Beach, Calif. ... graduated from the Mendoza College of Business with a major in accounting and a 3.575 GPA.

Head Coach Jay Louderback on Nina Vaughan . . .
[quote]Nina moved up every year - didn[apos]t play as a freshman, played No. 5 as a sophomore, and kept moving up in the lineup each year. She didn[apos]t play doubles as a freshman or much as a sophomore, but ended up being able to work her way into the lineup. Nina did a good job for us, for not even playing as a freshman to playing No. 2 as a senior. It was a great accomplishment for her.[quote]

Nina Vaughan[apos]s Career Record