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Lubbock, TX - It was a long travel day for the 9th ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets as they made their way from Americus, GA, to Lubbock, TX, for their sixth consecutive appearance in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Division I women’s basketball tournament at the Rip Griffin Center in Lubbock.  The Lady Jets have two days to recover before they face the 24th seeded Monroe on Wednesday, March 16th at 1 p.m.  The game will be livestreamed (for a fee) at:...

Hutchinson, KS – The 19th ranked South Georgia Technical College Jets are in Kansas for the 75th anniversary National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) men’s Division 1 basketball tournament and they are among the top 24 teams in the nation who have the opportunity to compete for a national title.     The Jets arrived in Wichita, Kansas, on Sunday, March 13th and had the opportunity to practice at Hutchinson High School on Sunday and Monday to loosen up for their first game...

   Gulf Coast Avionics Corporation President/CEO Rick Garcia and Lisa Garcia, owner of Daphne Lodge Restaurant at Lake Blackshear have endowed new scholarships for the South Georgia Technical College Aviation Maintenance/Avionics and the Culinary Arts programs through the South Georgia Technical College Foundation.    “On behalf of the students and faculty and staff at South Georgia Technical College, I would like to thank Rick and Lisa Garcia and their businesses for supporting South...

   The South Georgia Technical College Student Affairs Department will be hosting watch parties for the faculty, staff, and students to follow all the action of the Jets and Lady Jets at their respective National Junior College Athletic Association Division I national basketball tournament’s March 14th – 21st.    The NJCAA will be livestreaming all of the games for a fee on: https://www.njcaa.org/network/landing/index.  South Georgia Technical College is setting up the big screen so...

    South Georgia Technical College men’s and women’s Division I basketball teams both qualified for the National Junior College Athletic Association national tournaments this season and while head coaches and players receive most of the accolades for the wins and losses, assistant coaches can and do play a big role in the success of teams.  Just ask SGTC head coaches James Frey and Chris Ballauer, who were former assistant coaches.    This is the 12th time that SGTC teams have...

   Terrellis Lamar of Americus graduated from the South Georgia Technical College Welding program in 2020 and is grateful for the education, job opportunities, and assistance that he received from the college and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).    Lamar has been employed at Big Tex Trailers in Cordele as a welder for the past two years and came back to visit WIOA Coordinator Sandhya Muljibhai and thank her and the college for the support that he received while he was...

The South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center recently hosted a Motor Grader Operator Classroom Training session.  Fifteen motor grader operators from Crisp, Cook, Dooly, Sumter, and Turner Counties attended the workshop.  SGTC CAT Lead Instructor Kyle Hartsfield conducted the training.  The classroom session covered the areas of pre-site inspection, machine safety, daily equipment/maintenance, liability issues, road hazards, and operator station monitor. The group will...

   Six members of the South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets 2021 – 2022 basketball teams have earned Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division I All-Academic Team honors, announced GCAA Executive Director David Elder.  And both the Jets and the Lady Jets will be representing the GCAA in the NJCAA National Tournaments March 14th – 21st.    Kamya Hollingshed and Maikya Simmons of the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets sophomores were named to the...

   South Georgia Technical College’s sophomore point guard Will Johnston of Sydney, Australia, was selected as the Most Valuable Player and a member of the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) All-Tournament team following the Jets 87 – 84 overtime victory over the Georgia Highlands Chargers in Rome, GA recently.    Johnston hit back to back free-throws with 6.6 seconds remaining in overtime against Georgia Highlands to secure the narrow victory for the Jets and allow them...

   To honor recently retired longtime CEO Tom Donohue and his commitment to workforce development, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation announced a $50,000 scholarship fund to support skills training that will empower more Americans to get ahead in their careers and build better lives.   The Donohue Family Foundation has matched the gift to provide a total of $100,000 in scholarship funding for individuals across the United States who are pursuing high-demand careers that don’t require...

   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets will be making their sixth consecutive trip to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball tournament which will be held March 16th – 21st at the Rip Griffin Center in Lubbock, TX.     This will be the eighth time that the Lady Jets have made the trip to the national tournament with SGTC Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey.  It is the ninth in the history of the program.  This...

   The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets basketball teams both qualified for the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I basketball tournaments for the second time in the 20-year history of the Jets basketball program.  This is the first time the Jets have qualified since 2013 – 2014 and only the third time in the history of the men’s program.    The 19th seeded Jets are headed to the historic Hutchinson Sports Arena in Hutchinson, KS, March...