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Fanta Gassama, sophomore center from Mataro, Spain, was the top scorer for the Lady Jets in their loss to Gulf Coast State College. She had 13 points and 15 rebounds.Panama City, FL – In a battle between two nationally ranked National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) teams, the fifth-seeded South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets suffered a 76 – 61 defeat at the hands of the 16th ranked Gulf Coast State College Lady Commodores in the 2022 – 2023 women’s basketball...

Aaron Pitts, 4, sophomore guard from Columbus, GA who played for Chattahoochee Valley last season, led the Jets in scoring with 18 points.    Heart and hustle allowed the South Georgia Technical College Jets to overcome a 10-point deficit with less than 14 minutes on the clock and come away with a 79 – 74 victory over the Gulf Coast Commodores in the Jets first regular season game for the 2022 – 2023 basketball season.    “This was a great win,” said South Georgia Technical College...

Seated (l to r) for the Jets 2022- 2023 team are: Bryce Turner, 11; Semaj Henderson, 2; Kallin Fornesca, 5; Aaron Pitts, 4; head coach Chris Ballauer, Tim Loud, 0; Jordan Brown, 1; Deonte Williams, 12; and Justin Evans, 23. Standing (l to r) are Assistant coach Karim Mawuenyega, red shirt players Abraham Garjah and Samad Wazeerud-Din; Nathan Wilson, 20; Noah Barnett, 33; Sammy Mike 14 ; Ryan Djoussa, 3; and red shirt player Tyren Lebeauf, manager Malik Morgan, and athletic coordinator Terri Battle.    ...

South Georgia Technical College President John Watford is shown above with the first place Magnolia Manor team of Steven Avant, Ty Kinslow, and Bradley Kitchens and SGTC Athletic Director and Lady Jets Coach James Frey.    The Magnolia Manor team of Ty Kinslow, Steven Avant, and Bradley Kitchens won first place in the eighth annual South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club Sparky Reeves Golf Tournament held at the Griffin Bell Golf and Conference Center in Americus, Georgia.     ...

Alexia Dizeko (5) and Fanta Gassama (23) selected to represent South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets in the 2022 NJCAA All-Star Weekend in Atlanta on July 22nd & 23rd.    South Georgia Technical College’s Lady Jets rising sophomores Alexia Dizeko and Fanta Gassama have been selected to participate in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Association All-Star Weekend at Clayton State University in Atlanta, GA, July 20th – 23rd,...

SGTC Athletic Director James Frey (l to r) is shown above presenting the Lady Jets MVP Award to Kamya Hollingshed with assistant coaches Adenike Aderinto and Demetrius Colson looking on.     “A very special year” was the way South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club President Martha Arrington summed up the 2021 – 2022 basketball season for the Jets and Lady Jets at the Booster Club Awards/Recognition banquet held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus...

SGTC Jets Marvin McGhee, 10, was named as a NJCAA second team All-American for 2021 - 2022.    South Georgia Technical College Jets sophomore guard Marvin McGhee was selected to the 2021 - 2022 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division 1 Men’s Basketball All-American second team, announced the NJCAA recently.  McGhee and the Jets finished the season 22 – 12 overall and earned the right to compete in the NJCAA National Tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas.    “I am...

Shown above are the Jets after defeating Georgia Highlands to earn the opportunity to attend the NJCAA National Tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas.Shown above are the SGTC Lady Jets getting ready for their first game at the NJCAA National Tournament in Lubbock, Texas.   The South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club will be hosting its 2021 – 2022 recognition and awards banquet on Tuesday, April 5th at 6 p.m. in the John M. Pope Center to honor the Jets and Lady Jets basketball teams...

Alexia Dizeko (5) and Fanta Gassama (23) were named All-Americans by the NJCAA and WBCA.   South Georgia Technical College had two true freshmen from its nationally recognized 2021 – 2022 Lady Jets women’s basketball team to be selected into the 2021 -2022 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-American teams.  The Lady Jets finished the season as one of the top sixteen teams in the nation with a 27 – 7...

Alexia Dizeko (5) was the leading scorer for the Lady Jets in the loss to Arizona Western.LUBBOCK, TX – The 9th ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets dropped a 60 – 46 decision to 8th seeded Arizona Western in the second round of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I Women’s basketball tournament at the Rip Griffin Center in Lubbock, TX.    “The girls are disappointed,” said South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets...

Kamya Hollingshed (30) was one of the leading scorers for the Lady Jets in the record setting 77 – 26 victory over Monroe College in the first round of the NJCAA Division I Women’s Basketball tournament.Lubbock, TX – The 9th seeded South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets captured a big first round 77 – 26 win over the 24th ranked Monroe College Mustangs in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I Women’s basketball national tournament at the Rip Griffin...

Steve Showalter of the Hutchinson American Legion and team host for the Jets, is shown above (right) presenting SGTC’s Chris Ballauer with the NJCAA Southeast District Coach of the Year award prior to the Jets – South Plains game.Hutchinson, Kansas – The 19th seeded South Georgia Technical College Jets fell eight points shy of a victory in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Men’s Division I national basketball tournament when they faced the 14th ranked South...