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Angelina College Visual and Performing Arts Celebrates Signees

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Ceremony Held for 16 New and Returning Students

Angelina College’s Visual and Performing Arts members celebrated the arrivals and returns of scholarship students in a signing ceremony held on Thursday inside Temple Theater.

A total of 16 students signed scholarships in one of the four disciplines offered: Visual Arts, Choir, Music (Band), and Theater.

VPA Chair Beckie Compton welcomed the students and their families.

“We’re super-stoked to have all of you here, and we welcome the new faces joining us for the new year while thanking those of you who are returning,” Compton said. “There’s a lot of excitement around all our programs as we get ready for the new year.”

Following is the list of signees, with hometowns and chosen disciplines listed as well:

Elizabeth Goodwin (Lufkin), Visual Arts; Lauren Lee (Lufkin), Visual Arts; Llana Baugh (Lufkin), Choir; Preston Alvarez (Diboll), Graphic Arts; Valerie Runnels (Zavalla), Graphic Arts; Amber Kennerly (Woodville), Graphic Arts; Yolanda Crain (Zavalla), Graphic Arts; Deasia Robins (Lufkin), Band; Roxana Colorado (Lufkin), Band; Jennedeth Cruz (Lufkin), Band; Stephanie Cruz (Lufkin), Band; Jonathan Vaughn (Zavalla), Theater; Samara Reagan (Pollok), Graphic Arts; Anessa Rebolloso (Lufkin), Choir; Delesha Johnson (Lufkin), Graphic Arts; and Grace Pivonka (Lufkin), Graphic Arts. 

To view the upcoming 2025-2026 schedule of Visual and Performing Arts events, visit the AC website at www.angelina.edu

For further information on VPA programs, contact Beckie Compton at bcompton@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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