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Shown above is South Georgia Technical College President Dr. Watford with a representative stack of college textbooks that are provided for students to use at no cost at SGTC when they enroll for Spring semester. Classes start January 12th. The New Year is a great time to look at expanding or exploring new career options   South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Spring Semester registration is planned for Monday, January 10th in the Pope Center on the Americus campus and at the Crisp...

SGTC’s Alexia Dizeko, 5, was named GCAA Player of the Week.   South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets freshman shooting forward Alexia Dizeko of Sion, Switzerland was selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for Division 1 for the first week of January 2022.  Lady Jets freshman center Fanta Gassama of Mantaro, Spain was named Player of the Week December 13, 2021.    Dizeko and Gassama are the only two members of the Lady Jets...

South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets Head Coach James Frey is shown above.   South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets head coach James Frey was selected as the WHoopDirt.com Coach of the Week for week 8 in the JUCO division.  The honor makes him eligible to receive the WHoopDirt.com National Coach of the Year Award presented by Capital Elite Agency.  The national award will be announced at the conclusion of the 2021 – 2022 college basketball season.     This is the third season...

Shown above on the top row are the SGTC Jets and Lady Jets sophomores who earned individual recognition this week in the NJCAA rankings. Shown (l to r) on the top row are Jalen Reynolds (3), Will Johnston (4), Marvin McGhee, III, (10) and Malik Battle (1). Maikya Simmons (2), Alexia Dizeko (5), Fanta Gassama (23) and Kamya Hollingshed (30) are shown on the bottom row (l to r).   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets were able to climb two spots in the National Junior College...

Alexia Diseko was the top scorer for the Lady Jets with 29 points in the overtime win against Gulf Coast.   The South Georgia Technical College 16th nationally ranked Lady Jets took an 88 – 85 overtime win over the 19th ranked Gulf Coast Community College Commodores in the final game of the Lady Jets Holiday Classic to finish the tournament unbeaten and move to 14 – 4 on the season.    In the other games Thursday, the 9th place nationally ranked Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers also...

Kamiya Hollingshed, 30, was the top scorer for the Lady Jets with 18 points in the win over Lawson State in the Holiday Classic.   The South Georgia Technical College 16th nationally ranked Lady Jets moved to 13 – 4 on the season and 2 – 0 in the Lady Jets Holiday Classic after defeating the Lawson State Lady Cougars, 75 – 51 in their second game of the tournament in the James S. Peters gymnasium Wednesday.  The Lady Jets host Gulf Coast today at 4 p.m. in the final game of the...

SGTC Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray is shown above with Chief Vanessa Wall and Marcellous Deshun as she presented Deshun with the initial Chief Vanessa Wall Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement scholarship. Also shown is Lou Crouch who endowed the scholarship.    Marcellous Deshun of Arlington was awarded the initial Chief Vanessa Wall Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Scholarship by the South Georgia Technical College Foundation at the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy 21 – 02...

Susana Posada, 10, was the top scorer for the Lady Jets in the win over Tallahassee. She scored 22 points.   The South Georgia Technical College 16th nationally ranked Lady Jets coasted to a 69 – 45 win over the Tallahassee Community College Lady Eagles in the opening game of the Lady Jets Holiday Classic in the James S. Peters gymnasium Tuesday.  The nationally ranked Lady Jets are 12 – 4 on the season.    In the other games Tuesday, the nationally ranked Georgia Highlands Lady...

Retired SGTC Instructor Martha Arrington will coordinate South Georgia Tech’s GOAL program for 2022.     South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford has announced that Martha Arrington will coordinate the 2022 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) Program.  Arrington is a retired South Georgia Technical College Cosmetology Instructor and former GOAL Coordinator for the college.  She currently serves as the SGTC Jets Booster Club President and has agreed to...

Alexia Dizeko, 5, was the leading scorer for the Lady Jets against Georgia Highlands in Rome.Rome, GA – It was a meeting between two National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) nationally ranked teams but at the final buzzer the 16th ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets lost a 77 – 63 Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference decision to the 7th ranked Georgia Highlands College Lady Chargers in Rome, GA.  This was SGTC’s second loss to Georgia...

Malik Battle, 1, was the top scorer for the Jets against Chattahoochee Valley Community College.   The South Georgia Technical College Jets walked way with a 69 – 60 victory over the Chattahoochee Valley Community College Pirates in their last game of the 2021 part of the season.  The victory moved the Jets to 8 – 6 overall on the season.    “A win is a win and it is always good to come away with a win at home,” said South Georgia Technical College Jets head coach Chris Ballauer,...

Minnie Williams is shown above with Jameelah Williams of Americus, who graduated from the SGTC Nursing Program recently. SGTC President Dr. John Watford (right) is shown above presenting Minnie Williams (left) with a retirement plaque for over 20 years of service to the students at South Georgia Technical College.  Minnie Williamson may have a little silver in her hair but she is definitely ‘young at heart’ and has been helping change the lives of students at South Georgia Technical...