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.
Whitcomb’s coaching experience included one year at Mill Valley High School in Shawnee, KS where she led her team to the state tournament. She is the daughter of Annette Morgan and Michael Whitcomb.
Stallard also taught English at Lufkin High School for four years before assuming his role at AC. He has two daughters, Jaime’ and Jordan, and lives in Lufkin.
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Chrystal Vega, head softball coach, enters her second 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 placed two players – Kayla Johns and Amy Holt – in the Region XIV All-Star game. 
Heather Whitcomb, second-year assistant softball coach, is a Topeka, KS native and a graduate of Shawnee Heights High School. She played softball at the collegiate level with the University of Central Missouri from 2003-2007, where she majored in Elementary Education and minored in Health Education. Her individual athletic honors included the 2006 award as the All-MIAA Conference 2nd Baseman; and the 
Gary Stallard, Sports Information Director and Marketing & Development Coordinator, is in his third 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 eight 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.