Jamie H. Vaught

Veteran sportswriter Jamie H. Vaught has covered the University of Kentucky's basketball program since his early college days, including the team's NCAA Final Four appearances in 2012 and 2015. He is a longtime credentialed sports columnist in Kentucky, whose articles over several decades have appeared in many outlets, including the Middlesboro News, Harlan Enterprise, KyForward.com, NKyTribune.com, Somerset's Commonwealth Journal, and The Cats' Pause magazine. Vaught, who is also a photographer, has written six books about UK basketball, including Crazy About the Cats: From Rupp to Pitino. He is the founder and editor of the growing KySportsStyle.com Magazine.

While a college student at UK during the late 1970s, Vaught served as a sportswriter and sports editor of Kentucky Kernel, the campus daily newspaper, before graduating with two degrees -- a bachelor's in accounting and an MBA. During the 1980s and early 90s, he worked for The Cats' Pause as a sports columnist for 13 years. His articles also have appeared in The Cats' Pause Kentucky Basketball Yearbook.

Vaught, who grew up in Science Hill, Ky., is a graduate of Somerset High School where he began his future career in sportswriting. Vaught is also a full-time professor at Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College in Middlesboro, a position he has held since 1991.