Joseph Jolly awarded the SGTC Foundation Flex-Tec Scholarship

Flex-Tec Plant Manager Rick Barnes is shown above ( l to r) with Joseph Jolly, Flex-Tec scholarship winner, along with SGTC President Dr. John Watford and Industrial Systems Instructor Patrick Owen.   Joseph Jolly of Nashville, TN, an Industrial Mechanical and Systems Technology student, was awarded the South Georgia Technical College Foundation’s Flex-Tec – The Wiring Source scholarship at South Georgia Technical College recently.      SGTC President Dr. John Watford, SGTC Vice...



SGTC’s Mincey and Visage recognized at TCSG EAGLE conference

SGTC Commissioner Greg Dozier (right) is shown above with SGTC EAGLE student Zackary Mincey of Buena Vista (center) and Dr. Cayanna Good, TCSG Assistant Commissioner for Adult Education(left).Atlanta, GA – South Georgia Technical College’s 2023 Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education (EAGLE) student Zackary Mincey of Buena Vista and Adult Education Instructor Tonya Visage of Americus attended the Technical College System of Georgia Dinah Culbreath Wayne EAGLE Institute at the...



SGTC’s Frey, Dizeko named GCAA Coach, Player of Year

   South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets head coach James Frey was selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division 1 women’s basketball Coach of the Year for 2022 – 2023 and sophomore forward Alexia Dizeko earned the GCAA Player of the Year honors.  The Lady Jets ended the 2022 -2023 regular season as the top ranked National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division 1 women’s team.    Sophomore guard Luana Leite was named as the GCAA Defensive...



Lady Jets win NJCAA Region XVII tournament, earn right to host Southeast District Championship

GCAA Commissioner David Elder (right) is shown above presenting SGTC Lady Jets head coach James Frey with the Coach of the Year plaque.South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above with the NJCAA Region XVII Champion Lady Jets and their coaching staff.   The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) top-ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets kept their 31-game winning streak alive with a 68 – 52 win over the 24th nationally ranked East...



Jets travel to Waycross for NJCAA Region XVII quarter-finals

The SGTC Jets will travel to Waycross to face South Georgia State College on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Waycross in the NJCAA Region 17 quarter-finals.   The South Georgia Technical College Jets have earned the right to advance to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII end of the season tournament with a seventh-place ranking.  They will travel to Waycross on Tuesday, March 7th to face South Georgia State College at 7 p.m.    The Jets finished the regular season with...



SGTC Lady Jets defeat Albany Tech in NJCAA Region XVII semi-finals

Maeve Fotsa Fofou, 22, had seven points for the Lady Jets.Alexia Dizeko, 5, was the top scorer with 21 points for the Lady Jets.  The top-ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets took an 84 – 68 victory over Albany Technical College in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII tournament semi-finals Friday night to advance to the finals against East Georgia State College on Saturday for the right to advance to the Southeast District and NJCAA National...



Jets defeat Andrew College and advance to GCAA end of season playoffs

Chris Ballauer and the SGTC Jets will be in the GCAA Division I Men’s Tournament which begins Tuesday, March 7th.Cuthbert, GA – The South Georgia Technical College Jets traveled to Cuthbert and took a 79 – 63 win over Andrew College to clinch a spot in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) and National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII end of the season playoffs.    “It felt good to win,” said SGTC Jets head coach Chris Ballauer.  “That win...



Approximately 500 high school students attend Skilled Trades Expo at South Georgia Tech

South Georgia Technical College Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Josh Curtain is shown above with SGTC’s Jennifer Robinson, Beth Wisham, Amy Williams of Resa, and SGTC’s WIOA Coordinator Sandhyai Muljibhai waiting to greet students at the Skilled Trades Expo at SGTC recently.   Approximately 500 high school students, counselors and high school administrators from 12 different school districts attended the Skilled Trades Expo at South Georgia Technical College hosted by the...



SGTC Lady Jets head coach James Frey earns 300th career win

SGTC Lady Jets head coach James Frey is shown above with SGTC President Dr. John Watford and the 2022 – 2023 Lady Jets after he was presented with the signed basketball for his 300th career win.   South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets head basketball coach James Frey earned his 300th career win as a head coach on February 16th, 2023 in a 70 – 50 victory against Middle Georgia Prep.  He was recognized during the SGTC Alumni-Sophomore Day activities by the SGTC Booster Club and SGTC...



SGTC Alumnus Chance Simpson featured on WMAZ 13 for Black History Month celebration

Chance Simpson at Johns Hopkins University    South Georgia Technical College Alumnus Chance Simpson of Macon County, who Is studying at Johns Hopkins University, was featured on WMAZ TV as part of its salute to young Black Americans carving their place in history.    “During the month of February, we celebrate the African Americans, well-known and unknown,” wrote WMAZ TV.  “Their place in history is solidified by their accomplishments both the past and the present.  However, it is...



SGTC’s Lady Jets end regular season ranked number 1 in NJCAA

     The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets closed out the regular season with the top ranking in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball poll.  The Lady Jets had been ranked in the top 10 in the nation during all 15 weeks of the regular season poll and have been ranked number one for the past seven weeks.    The top ranked Lady Jets defeated the 23rd ranked East Georgia State College Lady Bobcats in their final regular season...



SGTC Jets, Lady Jets split games on Sophomore Day

Camryn James, 24, led the Lady Jets in scoring with 22 points against East Georgia State.   The number one National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets completed the regular Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) season with a perfect 15 – 0 record after securing a 76 - 62 win over the NJCAA 23rd ranked East Georgia State College Lady Bobcats on Sophomore Day.  The Jets lost to the GCAA top-ranked Georgia Highlands Chargers...