Athletics News

    The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets climbed one position into 4th place in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball national standings released February 1st, 2021.  The Lady Jets are currently 5 – 0 with two big wins over Shelton State, a top 10 team in the NJCAA national rankings at the time of the match-ups.    Trinity Valley Community College remained in the top position this week followed by Northwest Florida State...

Tuscaloosa, AL –  The 5th seeded National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Division I South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets handed the 7th ranked Shelton State Lady Bucs an 86 – 46 defeat on their home court in Tuscaloosa, AL.  This was the second time in seven days that the Lady Jets had defeated Shelton State.  The first game was an upset in Americus in a 71 – 66 intense battle.  In the second match-up the Lady Jets dominated and won by 40 points.     “Shelton...

   Javarise Jamele Terry of Americus has been hired as a full-time Campus Safety Officer at South Georgia Technical College, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford.  He will report to Campus Safety Director Sammy Stone and SGTC Vice President of Student Affairs Eulish Kinchens. He will start immediately.    Terry worked as a part-time Campus Safety Officer at South Georgia Technical College from August 2020 until February 2021. He is a graduate of the South Georgia Technical...

Walterboro, SC -  The South Georgia Technical College Jets dropped a tough 83 – 62 decision to USC Salkehatchie, who received votes in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I men’s basketball rankings, to fall to 1 – 3 on the season.     The Jets had upset the 23rd NJCAA Division I Northwest Florida State College Raiders 77 – 73 in Niceville on Wednesday but couldn’t pull off the second win during a three-game road trip that took them to Marianna and...

Niceville, FL -  Will Johnson, a 6’ 2” freshman point guard from Sydney, Australia, scored 32 points to lead the South Georgia Technical College Jets and interim head coach Chris Ballauer to their first victory this season in an intense 77 – 73 win over the 23rd nationally ranked Northwest Florida State College Raiders.  The Jets are 1 – 2 in non-conference play.    “This was a great team win,” said Jets interim head coach Chris Ballauer.  “The guys bounced back from the...

   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets, who are currently the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) fifth best Division I women’s basketball team in the nation, simply overpowered the Albany Technical College Lady Titans 93 – 57 in a non-conference match-up Wednesday.  This was Albany Tech’s first game of the season.  The Lady Jets are now 4 – 0 in non-conference play.    “It was great to get back on the floor after the Shelton State game on...

   Samuel Holm of Stockbridge, GA, was awarded the South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Foundation’s Sam Singletary Aviation Maintenance endowed scholarship recently.  SGTC President Dr. John Watford, the entire SGTC Aviation Maintenance Technology faculty, along with Sam Singletary’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Sam Singletary, Sr., his sister, Kim Christmas, and his daughter, Ashton Singletary Tatum, were on hand for the presentation.    The Sam Singletary endowed Aviation...

    The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets climbed two spots from 7th to 5th place in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball national standings released January 25th, 2021.     The Lady Jets opened the 2020 – 2021 season with back-to-back wins over New Horizon Prep.  Those two victories propelled the Lady Jets from a 7th place seeding in the pre-season poll to 5th place this week.  South Georgia Tech’s ranking may rise even...

     The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets upset the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I fourth-ranked Shelton State Lady Bucs in an intense 71 – 66 match-up in the Hangar on the SGTC Americus campus.  Now the seventh-ranked Lady Jets will travel to Tuscaloosa, AL, next Sunday for a re-match.     “This was a big win for us against a really good Shelton State team,” said South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach...

     Sophomore guard Veronica Charles from Benue State, Nigeria, had a career high 19 points to lead the nationally ranked NJCAA Division I South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets to their second consecutive victory in a 101 – 44 decision over New Horizon Prep in the SGTC Hangar.     The Lady Jets will return to the court on Sunday, January 24th at 1 p.m. when they host the fourth ranked Shelton State Bucs in a battle among two top seven teams in the National Junior College Athletic...

     Shonda Boddie of Americus has been named as the Registrar Assistant in the Student Affairs office at South Georgia Technical College, announced President Dr. John Watford recently.  Her office will be located on the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus. She will report to SGTC Vice President of Student Affairs Eulish Kinchens and Registrar Kari Bodrey.     Boddie earned her Bachelor of Science degree from DeVry University in Atlanta in 2016 and has an Associate of Business...

     The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets were ranked 7th in the nation in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) 2020 – 2021 DI Women’s basketball poll released recently.  The Lady Jets ended last season with a 14th place ranking in the NJCAA final poll.    “Preseason rankings are great but I think they are based off the programs performance the year before, who they have returning player wise,” said South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director...