Angel Shamblin-Price first joined the Department in 2009 as a teaching assistant and was elevated to her current position as assistant athletics director for academic services in November 2021.

In her current role, she works primarily with the Houston Men’s Basketball, Men’s Track and Field and Volleyball programs.

She coordinates academic counseling and works with the student-athletes and staffs on daily academic concerns, such as tutoring, mentoring and monitoring academic progress.

In addition to her Athletics duties, Shamblin-Price serves as an adjunct professorin health for the College of Education at the University.

As a four-year letterwinner with Houston Softball, she was a three-time Conference USA Pitcher of the Year honoree and finished her senior season in 2008 as an NFCA All-America Second-Team member.

In 2008, the righthander led the Cougars to 54 wins, the Conference USA regular-season and tournament championships, the NCAA Houston Regional title and a berth in the NCAA Houston Super Regional championship game.

The Davie, Fla., native continues to hold the school’s single-season and career records in ERA, wins, innings pitched, strikeouts, shutouts and complete games.

Following her collegiate playing days, she competed professionally in the National Pro Fastpitch League and overseas.

Shamblin-Price received her bachelor’s degree in health promotions from Houston in 2008 and is earned her master’s degree in management leadership from Western Governors in 2020.

In September 2021, she received the Athletics Department’s highest honor when she was inducted into the University’s Athletics Hall of Honor. She became the first Softball student-athlete in program history to receive that accolade.

She and her husband, Stephen, were married in June 2024.