Coaches and Staff
The Denton (Texas) alumnus played at the collegiate level for the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where she was a Mid-Continent First Team All-Conference Designated Hitter in 2000. In 2002, Vega’s individual honors included a selection as a Mid-Continent Second-Team All-Conference Utility player. Vega’s first coaching opportunity came as a Graduate Assistant at Central Missouri State University, where her 2005 team received the highest GPA (3.86) in the nation for all levels of play. Her program in Coffeyville Kansas had the second-highest GPA among the nation’s junior colleges, and in 2006 was the East Jayhawk Conference Coach of the Year. Vega is the daughter of Amy and Ben Vega of Denton; and Chris and Dan Hochstetler of Bamberg, Germany. Her grandfather, Tom Walker, also lives in Denton.
Before coaching at UCM, Peyton spent two years as a graduate assistant with Arkansas Tech University; that team finished as Gulf South Conference West Division champions. Peyton earned her B.S. in Criminology from Missouri State University and her M.S. in Sport Administration and Management from the University of Central Missouri.
In addition, Stallard has broadcast baseball and football for an ESPN affiliate and currently serves as play-by-play commentator for all Angelina College athletics broadcasts. He and his wife Susan live in Lufkin.
Trainer: Courtney Ford
Manager: Jennifer Phillips
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Chrystal Vega, head softball coach, enters her third season with AC head softball having already made school history in 2009 as the program’s first-ever head coach. Following her inaugural campaign, Vega and her Lady Roadrunners put together a 33-win season in 2010, a remarkable sophomore season in which the Lady ‘Runners came within a single out of advancing to the Region XIV Tournament championship game. Also in 2010, Vega earned her 100th career win as a head coach, leading a Lady Roadrunner team with the most All-Conference and All-Region selections in program history. Two of her players (Jenna Richardson and Brittani Stone) made the Academic All-American team as well. 
Whitney Peyton, assistant softball coach begins her Angelina College coaching career in 2011 after a two-year stint at the University of Central Missouri, where she served as the team’s hitting and outfield coach. In 2009, UCM finished as the MIAA Regular Season Champions, and her team broke the program’s single-season home run record while finishing with a team batting average of over .300. 
Gary Stallard, Sports Information Director and Marketing & Development Coordinator, is in his fifth season as SID at Angelina College. Following a career as a U.S. Marine, Stallard completed his bachelor’s degree at Stephen F. Austin University, where he majored in English and Journalism. Over the past 10 years, he has worked as a sports writer/columnist/photographer for the Lufkin Daily News, with which he covered AC basketball, among other sports. Stallard has won several awards for writing, including the Golden Hoops Award for basketball writing in 2003, Regional Sports Writer of the Year in 2004, and the Texas Press Association’s first-place award for column writing in 2007.
