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Griffin, GA – The South Georgia Technical College Jets dropped a narrow 62 – 61 Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) decision to the Southern Crescent Tigers to fall to 1 – 1 in the conference and 9 – 7 overall.  The Jets are currently tied for third place in the conference behind East Georgia and Southern Crescent.    “We didn’t show up ready to play,” said SGTC Jets head coach Chris Ballauer, who had commented that last year the Jets had a hard time bouncing back...

Americus, GA —The Sumter Electric Membership Corporation Foundation, Inc. awarded a grant in the amount of $5,000.00 to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation, Inc. Proceeds from the grant will be used to continue the Sumter EMC Foundation endowed scholarship fund for students. Dr. John Watford, South Georgia Technical College President and Su Ann Bird, Vice President for Institutional Advancement and SGTC Foundation Executive Director accepted the donation for the SGTC...

     Sophomore guard Marvin McGhee, III, of Atlanta, sank one of two free throws with 1.3 seconds remaining on the game clock to lift the South Georgia Technical College Jets to an 86 – 85 win over the GCAA defending champion South Georgia State College Hawks in the Hangar on the Americus campus.      The win put the Jets into a tie for first place in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) with Albany Technical College with a 1 – 0 record.  The Jets are now 9 – 6...

   Erika Carrillo Arias of Americus has been hired as the South Georgia Technical College Human Resources Specialist effective immediately, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford.  She will report to Human Resources Coordinator Stephanie Preskitt and Vice President of Administrative Services Lea Coe.    As the Human Resources Specialist for SGTC, Carrillo Arias’ responsibilities will provide administrative and technical support to one or more functional areas of HR and will be...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced the college’s President’s List for the fall semester, which included over 120 students from around the area and several other states. To be eligible for the President’s List, a student must be enrolled full time (12 or more credit hours) in an associate degree or diploma program and have a 4.0 GPA for that semester’s coursework. Those students who qualified included: Baker County: Peyton Brazel of...

Macon, GA – The 14th nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets traveled to Macon and walked away with a 91 – 67 Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) victory over the Central Georgia Technical College Lady Titans.  The Lady Jets are now 15 – 4 overall and 5 – 2 in the GCAA.    “It was good to get back into conference play and get a road win,” said South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey.  “I talked to...

   South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced today that Joshua Curtin of Leesburg has been named Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs in charge of student residential housing and dining, student activities, intramural sports and other student-oriented duties.  He will also serve as the college’s Emergency Operations Manager and the COVID Coordinator.  He will report to SGTC Vice President of Student Affairs Eulish Kinchens.     “Please join me in...

   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 County Center in Cordele. Registration will be held at 9:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. in Americus and all day in Cordele.  Classes start Wednesday, January 12th.  There are no placement test requirements and SGTC provides the use of textbooks at no cost to students.    “This is an awesome opportunity for individuals to...

   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 team to receive this honor for the 2021 – 2022 season. ...

   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 that WHoopDirt.com has run the Coach of the Week and Coach of the Year...

   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets were able to climb two spots in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s intercollegiate basketball polls in the first week of 2022 after going 3 – 0 in the Lady Jets Holiday Classic.  They moved up from 16th in the final poll of 2021 into 14th place in the opening 2022 poll.   The Lady Jets had climbed as high as the fifth-place spot nationally after opening the season unbeaten, but four tough losses...

   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 finished the tournament unbeaten with a 91 – 55 victory against Tallahassee Community College.  Eastern...