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   Five South Georgia Technical College Criminal Justice students are competing in the Georgia SkillsUSA competition in Atlanta this week along with other SGTC students from Aviation, Cosmetology, and Barbering programs.    All of the SGTC students have been putting in extra work with their instructors to prepare for the state competition.  Criminal Justice students Ashlyn Childs and Traneisha Burns are competing in the Crime Scene competition.  Brantley Vansickle is competing in the...

   South Georgia Technical College Jets Aaron Pitts and Nathan Wilson were selected by the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Men’s Division I basketball coaches as members of the GCAA’s All-Region teams for the 2022 – 2023 season.    Sophomore Aaron Pitts was selected to the GCAA First Team All-Region spot and sophomore Nathan Wilson was named to the GCAA All-Defensive Team.    Aaron Pitts, Jr., a 6’ 4” sophomore guard from Columbus, GA, was the leading scorer...

   Over 40-years have passed since Morris Council, Jr., and Cynthia Tookes Council enrolled at South Georgia Tech to learn the skills needed for a career and they both agree that was a “great decision!!!”    South Georgia Technical College is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year and thousands of individuals have taken advantage of the different educational programs that have led to careers of a lifetime.  Morris Council, Jr., and his wife, Cynthia Tookes Council, are just two of...

Waycross, GA – The South Georgia Technical College Jets dropped an 84 – 69 decision to South Georgia State College in the quarterfinal round of National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII tournament in Waycross.  South Georgia State will now advance to the NJCAA Region XVII semi-final round in Rome, GA on Friday, March 10th to face Albany Tech.    The Jets ended the 2022 – 2023 season in seventh place in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA)...

   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 President for Institutional Advancement and Executive Director of the SGTC Foundation Su Ann Bird and Rick Barnes, Plant Manager at Flex-Tec were on hand to recognize Jolly for his outstanding academic...

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 Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perimeter at Ravina recently.    Top Adult Education students and instructors from across the state were present at the event.  Kayla Hill from Lanier Technical College...

   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...

   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 Georgia State College Lady Bobcats in the NJCAA Region XVII Championship Saturday.     The Lady Jets will now host Spartanburg Methodist (13 – 6), NJCAA District 10 champions, in the NJCAA Southeast District Championship on Saturday, March 11th at 1 p.m. in James S. Peters...

   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 a 5 – 11 and 8 – 21 overall record.  South Georgia State is 12 – 4 and 23 – 7 overall.  In the two meetings between the two South...

  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 Tournament.    Lady Jets sophomore forward Alexia Dizeko scored 21 points in that game to lead the Lady Jets their 30th...

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 allowed us to clinch a spot in the playoffs, now we just don’t know in what position or where we will play on...

   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 college and the Sumter County School System.  The event was held in the John M. Pope Center on the Americus campus.     “It was a great day,” said South Georgia Technical College Grants Coordinator Beth Wisham, who worked with Josh Drew from the Sumter County School System to coordinate...