{"id":3719,"date":"2024-04-22T15:14:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T15:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=3719"},"modified":"2024-05-03T15:15:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T15:15:42","slug":"hamilton-countys-vaughan-sought-big-golf-dreams-family-atmosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=3719","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton County’s Vaughan sought big golf dreams, family atmosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kylee Vaughan, Hamilton County<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Jeff Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kylee Vaughan is living her dream \u2013 playing college golf close to home.<\/p>\n

The McLeansboro native and Hamilton County High School graduate is a junior at SIU and has received multiple athletic scholarships, including the Diane Daugherty Women\u2019s Golf Team Scholarship, Jane Tally Phelps Athletic Scholarship, and Banterra Bank Scholarship.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started playing golf when I was 6 years old, usually at the golf course in McLeansboro or at Green Hills in Mount Vernon,\u201d she said. \u201cMy mom and dad are high school golf coaches at Hamilton County, and my brother played at John A. Logan and Rend Lake College.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vaughan, now a junior, chose SIU over Murray State, citing the coaching staff and the university\u2019s small-town feel as the deciding factors.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy time at SIU has been great,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s like one big family. Everything from coaches to the support staff \u2026 it\u2019s been a great experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

An exercise science major, Vaughan\u2019s academic goals have evolved, and she\u2019s now planning a future as a pharmacist.<\/p>\n

\u201cScholarships have helped me focus on my schoolwork and getting my practices in,\u201d she said. \u201cBeing a student-athlete is a major commitment, and time management is important if you\u2019re going to fit everything in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond scholarships, donors are vital to every Saluki athletic program. Funds are used to support equipment and facility upgrades, travel costs, uniforms, and more.<\/p>\n

The impact donors have on individual students, the university, and thus, the entire region is obvious to Vaughan.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really important to give back,\u201d she said. \u201cYou\u2019re helping someone who\u2019s in the same position you were in as a student. Donors make such a big difference.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Jeff Wilson Kylee Vaughan is living her dream \u2013 playing college golf close to home. The McLeansboro native and Hamilton County High School graduate is a junior at SIU and has received multiple athletic scholarships, including the Diane Daugherty Women\u2019s Golf Team Scholarship, Jane Tally Phelps Athletic Scholarship, and Banterra Bank Scholarship. \u201cI started … Continue reading Hamilton County’s Vaughan sought big golf dreams, family atmosphere<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3721,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3719\/revisions\/3721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}