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Angelina College Recognizes Smith-Hutson Scholarship Recipients

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Scholarship Provides Resources for Qualified Students

A total of 41 Angelina College students received recognition at the Smith-Hutson Scholarship Banquet held this past week at Crown Colony Country Club in Lufkin.

Those students included both first-year and second-year recipients.

The Smith-Hutson Scholarship was established at AC in 2003 and was created to assist incoming students – as well as those students with at least a year remaining – who “demonstrate both financial need and academic promise as they pursue an associate’s degree or certifications” in their chosen fields of study, according to the AC website. 

The scholarship targets assistance with “tuition, books, fees and reasonable living expenses.” 

Following is the list of recipients, along with hometowns of record and chosen majors:

Esmerelda Almaguer (Lufkin), Business Administration and Management; Nicole Boyett (Nacogdoches), Applied Science/Radiology; Trista Britt (Center), Applied Science/Radiology; Even Cantu (Lufkin), Music; Mia Carcamo (San Augustine), Pharmacy Tech; Maryjoy Cariaga (Livingston), Nursing; Amy Cordero (Lufkin), Applied Science/Radiology; Martha Cuc (Lufkin), Applied Science/Radiology; Mario De La Cruz (Lufkin), Welding Technology; Fatima DeJesus (Diboll), Education: Yadira Diera (Lufkin), Pharmacy; Landon Elliott (Pineland), Engineering/Aviation; Sariette Flores (Pollok), Emergency Medical Services; Christian Gamboa (Lufkin), General Studies; Jonathan Garcia (Pollok), General Studies; Jolie Garcia (Pollok), Surgical Technology; Taylor Garcia (Pollok), Sports Medicine/Kinesiology; Summer Goins (Wells), Sonography; Julia Gonzalez (Diboll), Psychology; Kristina Guardado (Lufkin), Health Science; Emmerson Jackson (Lufkin), Sonography; Elizabeth Jacobo (Pollok), Nursing; Nickolas Jiminez (Lufkin), Undeclared; Lauren Low (Alto), Agricultural Systems Management; Sidney Moore (Lufkin), Nursing; Hailey Morgan (Reklaw), General Studies/Surgical Technology; Bryan Munoz (Groveton), Applied Science/Welding Technology; Destiny Ordaz (Lufkin), Business Administration and Management; Giselle Perez (Lufkin), Applied Science/Radiology; Kaitlyn Pineda (Nacogdoches), Applied Science/Sonography; Makayla Price (Lufkin), Applied Science/Nursing; Samara Reagan (Pollok), General Studies; Alyssa Redd (Pollok), General Studies; Angel Rios (Diboll), Engineering; Consuelo Rivera (Fredericksburg), Sonography; Angelique Rodriguez (Lufkin), Nursing; Reina Rodriguez (Lufkin), Respiratory Technology; Rylea Terrazas (Diboll), Business Administration and Management; Kelrick Thomas (Hemphill), Applied Science/Welding Technology; Lindsey Tobias (Pollok), Applied Science/Surgical Technology; and Rosa Torres (Lufkin), Pharmacy. 

For further information regarding the Smith-Hutson Scholarship at Angelina College, contact Irma Montoya (imontoya@angelina.edu) or Annette Sandoval (asandoval@angelina.edu.)

Gary Stallard
Sports Information Director Gary Stallard, who also serves as a Liberal Arts Instructor, begins his eleventh season with 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. For more than 16 years, he has worked as a sports writer/columnist/photographer for the Lufkin Daily News; he continues to contribute free-lance articles on occasion. 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 and in 2014. He has also done basketball, football and baseball radio and live streaming play-by- play and color commentary for an ESPN affiliate. Currently Stallard serves as play-by-play broadcaster for AC basketball, baseball and softball games. Prior to arriving at Angelina College, Stallard taught English at Lufkin High School for four years. He currently teaches Developmental Writing classes at AC. He and his wife Susan live in Lufkin.

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