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Jersey Number 21
JonJon Vaughns
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Pasadena, Calif.
- High School:
- St. John Bosco HS
Bio
Notes
Four-year letterwinner in baseball at UCLA ... Was a two-sport athlete with the Bruins, as he was also a linebacker on the UCLA football team ... Was a corner outfielder with the Bruins, and also served as a relief pitcher during his junior and senior seasons ... Offensively, he slashed .225/.386/.417 with 19 home runs and 72 RBIs over 158 career games (118 starts) ... On the mound, he went 2-1 with a 3.10 ERA and 16 strikeouts over 11 appearances spanning 20 1/3 innings.ย
2024
Appeared in 35 games during his senior season, including 24 starts ... Also made 10 relief appearances out of the bullpen ... Slashed .233/.368/.326 over 86 at-bats with 11 runs, 20 hits, three doubles, one triple, one home run, seven RBIs, 15 walks, and four HBPs ... On the mound, had a 2-1 record, 3.26 ERA, and .197 BAA over 19 1/3 innings ... Had 16 strikeouts compared to 14 walks and five hit batters ... Allowed one earned run or fewer in nine of his 10 pitching appearances ... Allowed one or no earned runs in each of his final eight outings ... Struck out a career-high four batters over two innings at UC Irvine on May 7 ... Tossed two scoreless innings, with just one hit against, vs. Cal State Fullerton on May 5 ... Stranded all eight of his inherited runners on the season ... Best offensive performance of the year came on March 30 at Arizona, as he matched a career-high with three hits while finishing a homer short of a cycle ... Went 2-4 with two RBIs and a solo home run against Washington State on March 16 ... In the month of March, posted a .293 batting average and 4.50 ERA ... Posted a 1.93 ERA over three apperances in May ... In away games, batted .286 and had a 2.70 ERA.
2023
Appeared in 47 games, starting 44, during his junior season at UCLA ... Slashed .236/.386/.466 over 148 at-bats with 25 runs, 35 hits, four doubles, 10 home runs, 34 RBIs, 29 walks, nine HBPs, three sac flies, four sac bunts, and one stolen base ... Set single-season career highs in home runs, games, at-bats, runs, hits, RBIs, and HBPs ... Started a team-high 39 games in right field, three in left field, and two at DH ... Had a blistering start to the year, homering in each of his first three starts while going 5-9 with eight RBIs overall ... Had two separate 10-game reached base steaks, including 15 straight to open the year ... Also made his collegiate pitching debut in 2023, throwing a scoreless seventh inning against Cal State Fullerton on May 9 ... Slashed .261/.400/.476 in Pac-12 play ... His 10 multi-RBI games were second-most on the team ... Added 10 multi-hit performances ... Slugged .578 in day games ... Went 2-5 with three RBIs at Oregon on Mar. 12 ... Had four RBIs, including a three-run homer, against Washington on Mar. 26 ... Had a season-high three hits, all singles, on Apr. 23 at USC ... Hit a three-run double in UCLA's Pac-12 Tournament tilt against USC on May 23 ... Slugged over .500 in three out of four months (February, March, May).ย
2022
Appeared in 42 games, making 33 starts, as a sophomore ... Slashed .192/.408/.346 over 104 at-bats with 17 runs, 20 hits, five doubles, one triple, three home runs, 17 RBIs, 32 walks, and eight HBPs ... Started at every outfield spot over the course of the year, including 28 games in right field ... Was the second-most-common UCLA player to appear in the five-hole of the lineup (11 games) ... Had an 18-game reached base streak from Mar. 5 to Apr. 12, the third-longest streak by a Bruin in 2022 ...ย Posted a .464 OBP during the streak ... Was 1-4 (.250) in pinch-hit opportunities ... Was a strong performer at Jackie Robinson Stadium, slashing .250/.542/.500 in home games ... Team was 21-7 with him as the starting right fielder ... Strongest offensive performance of the year came on Mar. 18 against Harvard; he went 2-2 with a double and a home run, reached base six times, and recorded a career-high four RBIs ... Drew 3+ walks in five separate games, all before Mar. 20 ... Was 2-3 with a double and a triple, and stole a base against UC Riverside on Feb. 26 ... Had a pair of knocks and scored twice against California on May 27 at the Pac-12 Tournament.
2021
Made 34 appearances, including 17 starts, during his true freshman season ... Slashed .239/.370/.537 over 67 at-bats with 19 runs scored, 16 hits, five doubles, five home runs, 14 RBIs, and nine walks ... All 17 starts came in center field ... Team was 11-6 when he was in the starting lineup ... His first career hit was a monstrous home run to right field as part of a 13-1 win at USC on Mar. 28 ... Had more extra-base hits (10) than singles (six) in 2021 ...ย Made his NCAA debut, as a pinch hitter, on Mar. 2 against Cal State Fullerton ... Had a pinch-double, later scored against Utah on Apr. 17 ... Homered and drove in a pair in his first career start, on May 7 at Washington State ... Hit a three-run home run as part of a rubber match win over UC Santa Barbara on May 16 ... Scored a season-high three runs on two occasions despite going 0-2 in both games (vs. Nevada on May 18, vs. California on May 23) ... Started all four games of the Lubbock Regional, going 6-16 (.375) with a home run and four runs scored ... Had by far the highest isolated power stat on the team (.298; JT Schwartz was next at .232) ... Also had by far the lowest at-bats per home run ratio (13.4; Mikey Perez was next at 19.3) ... Batted .182 over 33 at-bats against Pac-12 opponents ... Was batting .286 as late as May 8 ... Had a season-best four-game hit streak from May 11-16.ย
High Schoolย
Played baseball and football at St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, Calif. .... Was ranked as the No. 37 high school prospect in California and No. 226 nationally ... Was a Preseason All-American in 2020, and a Preseason Underclass All-American in 2018 and 2019 ... Participated in Perfect Game's 2019 National Showcase ... Was a four-star football recruit, helping St. John Bosco to a 2019 National Championship.ย
Personalย
Also plays on the UCLA football team ... In 2021, saw action in 12 games (as a reserve linebacker and on special teams) and recorded 18 tacklesย ... Played in seven games as a freshman at 2020, seeing time in the secondary and inside linebacker ...ย Son of Tamara and Geoffreyย Vaughns ... has two brothers ... brother, Tyler, played football at USC and signed with the Indianapolis Colts ... loves to cook, hang out with his family and friends.
Career Highs at UCLA
Runs: 3 (four times)
Hits: 3 (twice)
RBI: 4 (three times)
Doubles: 2 vs. USC (5/23/23)
Home Runs: 1 (19 times)
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Innings: 3.0 (twice)
Strikeouts: 4 at UC Irvine (5/7/24)
Four-year letterwinner in baseball at UCLA ... Was a two-sport athlete with the Bruins, as he was also a linebacker on the UCLA football team ... Was a corner outfielder with the Bruins, and also served as a relief pitcher during his junior and senior seasons ... Offensively, he slashed .225/.386/.417 with 19 home runs and 72 RBIs over 158 career games (118 starts) ... On the mound, he went 2-1 with a 3.10 ERA and 16 strikeouts over 11 appearances spanning 20 1/3 innings.ย
2024
Appeared in 35 games during his senior season, including 24 starts ... Also made 10 relief appearances out of the bullpen ... Slashed .233/.368/.326 over 86 at-bats with 11 runs, 20 hits, three doubles, one triple, one home run, seven RBIs, 15 walks, and four HBPs ... On the mound, had a 2-1 record, 3.26 ERA, and .197 BAA over 19 1/3 innings ... Had 16 strikeouts compared to 14 walks and five hit batters ... Allowed one earned run or fewer in nine of his 10 pitching appearances ... Allowed one or no earned runs in each of his final eight outings ... Struck out a career-high four batters over two innings at UC Irvine on May 7 ... Tossed two scoreless innings, with just one hit against, vs. Cal State Fullerton on May 5 ... Stranded all eight of his inherited runners on the season ... Best offensive performance of the year came on March 30 at Arizona, as he matched a career-high with three hits while finishing a homer short of a cycle ... Went 2-4 with two RBIs and a solo home run against Washington State on March 16 ... In the month of March, posted a .293 batting average and 4.50 ERA ... Posted a 1.93 ERA over three apperances in May ... In away games, batted .286 and had a 2.70 ERA.
2023
Appeared in 47 games, starting 44, during his junior season at UCLA ... Slashed .236/.386/.466 over 148 at-bats with 25 runs, 35 hits, four doubles, 10 home runs, 34 RBIs, 29 walks, nine HBPs, three sac flies, four sac bunts, and one stolen base ... Set single-season career highs in home runs, games, at-bats, runs, hits, RBIs, and HBPs ... Started a team-high 39 games in right field, three in left field, and two at DH ... Had a blistering start to the year, homering in each of his first three starts while going 5-9 with eight RBIs overall ... Had two separate 10-game reached base steaks, including 15 straight to open the year ... Also made his collegiate pitching debut in 2023, throwing a scoreless seventh inning against Cal State Fullerton on May 9 ... Slashed .261/.400/.476 in Pac-12 play ... His 10 multi-RBI games were second-most on the team ... Added 10 multi-hit performances ... Slugged .578 in day games ... Went 2-5 with three RBIs at Oregon on Mar. 12 ... Had four RBIs, including a three-run homer, against Washington on Mar. 26 ... Had a season-high three hits, all singles, on Apr. 23 at USC ... Hit a three-run double in UCLA's Pac-12 Tournament tilt against USC on May 23 ... Slugged over .500 in three out of four months (February, March, May).ย
2022
Appeared in 42 games, making 33 starts, as a sophomore ... Slashed .192/.408/.346 over 104 at-bats with 17 runs, 20 hits, five doubles, one triple, three home runs, 17 RBIs, 32 walks, and eight HBPs ... Started at every outfield spot over the course of the year, including 28 games in right field ... Was the second-most-common UCLA player to appear in the five-hole of the lineup (11 games) ... Had an 18-game reached base streak from Mar. 5 to Apr. 12, the third-longest streak by a Bruin in 2022 ...ย Posted a .464 OBP during the streak ... Was 1-4 (.250) in pinch-hit opportunities ... Was a strong performer at Jackie Robinson Stadium, slashing .250/.542/.500 in home games ... Team was 21-7 with him as the starting right fielder ... Strongest offensive performance of the year came on Mar. 18 against Harvard; he went 2-2 with a double and a home run, reached base six times, and recorded a career-high four RBIs ... Drew 3+ walks in five separate games, all before Mar. 20 ... Was 2-3 with a double and a triple, and stole a base against UC Riverside on Feb. 26 ... Had a pair of knocks and scored twice against California on May 27 at the Pac-12 Tournament.
2021
Made 34 appearances, including 17 starts, during his true freshman season ... Slashed .239/.370/.537 over 67 at-bats with 19 runs scored, 16 hits, five doubles, five home runs, 14 RBIs, and nine walks ... All 17 starts came in center field ... Team was 11-6 when he was in the starting lineup ... His first career hit was a monstrous home run to right field as part of a 13-1 win at USC on Mar. 28 ... Had more extra-base hits (10) than singles (six) in 2021 ...ย Made his NCAA debut, as a pinch hitter, on Mar. 2 against Cal State Fullerton ... Had a pinch-double, later scored against Utah on Apr. 17 ... Homered and drove in a pair in his first career start, on May 7 at Washington State ... Hit a three-run home run as part of a rubber match win over UC Santa Barbara on May 16 ... Scored a season-high three runs on two occasions despite going 0-2 in both games (vs. Nevada on May 18, vs. California on May 23) ... Started all four games of the Lubbock Regional, going 6-16 (.375) with a home run and four runs scored ... Had by far the highest isolated power stat on the team (.298; JT Schwartz was next at .232) ... Also had by far the lowest at-bats per home run ratio (13.4; Mikey Perez was next at 19.3) ... Batted .182 over 33 at-bats against Pac-12 opponents ... Was batting .286 as late as May 8 ... Had a season-best four-game hit streak from May 11-16.ย
High Schoolย
Played baseball and football at St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, Calif. .... Was ranked as the No. 37 high school prospect in California and No. 226 nationally ... Was a Preseason All-American in 2020, and a Preseason Underclass All-American in 2018 and 2019 ... Participated in Perfect Game's 2019 National Showcase ... Was a four-star football recruit, helping St. John Bosco to a 2019 National Championship.ย
Personalย
Also plays on the UCLA football team ... In 2021, saw action in 12 games (as a reserve linebacker and on special teams) and recorded 18 tacklesย ... Played in seven games as a freshman at 2020, seeing time in the secondary and inside linebacker ...ย Son of Tamara and Geoffreyย Vaughns ... has two brothers ... brother, Tyler, played football at USC and signed with the Indianapolis Colts ... loves to cook, hang out with his family and friends.
Career Highs at UCLA
Runs: 3 (four times)
Hits: 3 (twice)
RBI: 4 (three times)
Doubles: 2 vs. USC (5/23/23)
Home Runs: 1 (19 times)
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Innings: 3.0 (twice)
Strikeouts: 4 at UC Irvine (5/7/24)
UCLA Baseball Postgame - Coach Savage & Players vs. LSU (June 17, 2025)
Tuesday, June 17
UCLA Baseball Postgame - Coach Savage & Players vs. Arkansas (June 17, 2025)
Tuesday, June 17
UCLA Baseball Postgame - Coach Savage & Players vs. Murray State (June 14, 2025)
Saturday, June 14
Highlights - UCLA Baseball vs. Murray State (June 14, 2025)
Saturday, June 14
