Athletics News

SGTC 2021 -2022 Lady Jets are national tournament bound. Shown on the front row are: Luana Leite (1); Maikya Simmons (2), Kamya Hollingshed (30), Laurie Calixte (14), Cintia Lopez (13), and Majomary John Ubi (3). Standing (l to r) are: Assistant Coaches Demetrius Colston and Adenike Aderinto, manager, Alexia Dizeko (5), Camryn James (24), Tena Ikidi (15), Mame Thiaw (12), Fanta Gassama (23), Susana Yepes Posada (10), and Luana Leite (1) along with trainer Brian Davis and head coach James...

The SGTC Jets secured the GCAA Tournament Championship and earned the right to advance to the NJCAA National Tournament as the Southeast District Champions. Shown above with the GCAA Tournament and NJCAA Southeast District Championship plaque are the 2021 – 2022 Jets.Rome, GA – Sophomore guard Will Johnston hit back to back free-throws with 6.6 seconds remaining in overtime to give the South Georgia Technical College Jets a narrow 87 – 84 victory over the Georgia Highlands Chargers in...

Marvin Mchee, 10, was the top scorer for the Jets with 25 points in the NJCAA Region XVII semi-finals in Rome in a win over South Georgia State College.Rome, GA – The South Georgia Technical Jets overcame a 14-point deficit to take a 78 – 70 victory over the South Georgia State Hawks in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII tournament semi-finals at Georgia Highlands College in Rome, GA Friday night.  The Jets will meet Georgia Highlands in the finals at 3...

GACE will hold a virtual career fair April 6 to connect jobseekers with employment opportunities across Georgia.South Georgia Technical College is partnering with over 40 colleges and universities across the state of Georgia this year to hold the GACE (Georgia Association of Colleges and Employers) Virtual Statewide Career Fair on Wednesday, April 6, from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. This virtual event is open to students and alumni from South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) and other...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (seated second from left) is shown above with the SGTC Georgia SkillsUSA medal winners. They are (seated left to right) Kimberly Sadecky, Gold winner in Job Skills Interview; Jonathan Large, Gold winner in Aviation Maintenance Technology, and Carson Innarino, Silver winner in Aviation Maintenance Technology. Shown on the back row are instructors who nominated the students and helped prepare them for the competitions. They are SGTC...

Brackets for the finals GCAA Division I games in the NJCAA Region XVII tournament.   The South Georgia Technical College Jets will face the South Georgia State College Hawks in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII semi-finals at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 4th in Rome, GA in the Georgia Highlands College gymnasium.     South Georgia Tech and South Georgia State met in the NJCAA Region XVII semi-finals last season in Waycross.  The Hawks won 73 – 67 and advanced...

SGTC Super Smash Bros. intramural tournament champions Jason Simon-Pena and Zach Draper are shown above with their SGTC Intramural Champions t-shirts. Jacob Groesch, finalist, is also shown in a t-shirt.   Jason Simon-Pena, a Firefighter/EMSP student, took first place in the South Georgia Technical College Intramural Super Smash Bros Tournament on Nintendo WII U and then he and Zach Draper, an Aviation Maintenance student, teamed up to take first place in the doubles’ competition.   ...

SGTC Crisp County Center Admissions Coordinator Katrice Taylor (left) with a group of 4-H students at the SGTC Crisp County Center in Cordele. The students learned about South Georgia Technical College and toured the Cordele campus.The Crisp County Center of South Georgia Technical College recently hosted a group of home-schooled 4-H students ranging in age from elementary school to 11th grade. Randy West, University of Georgia Crisp County Extension Agent for 4-H Youth, brought the group to...

Potential LPN students attended a recent information meeting on South Georgia Technical College’s LPN program on the Cordele campus.South Georgia Technical College recently held a meeting for people interested in the LPN (Licensed Practical Nursing) program. The meeting was held at the SGTC Crisp County Center in Cordele. Katrice Taylor, Admissions Coordinator at the Crisp County Center, provided an overview of the competitive process for acceptance into the LPN program. Traci Griffen,...

Marvin McGhee, III, scored 19 points to lead the Jets to victory in the NJCAA Region XVII tournament. The Jets will play South Georgia State in Rome in the semi-finals at 6 p.m. Friday, March 4th at Georgia Highlands.   The South Georgia Technical College Jets earned the right to advance to the NJCAA Region XVII tournament semifinals with an 89 – 76 win over the Southern Crescent Tigers in the quarterfinal round of the tournament Tuesday night in the Hangar.    The Jets are now 20 – 11...

SGTC Aviation Maintenance graduate Terry Thomas is shown above. He is now working as a Senior Consultant, MSG3 Maintenance Programs at Hexagon US Federal.     “Courage doesn’t always roar.  Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow.’”  Mary Ann Radmacher, an American author and artist, is credited with that quote but she could have been speaking about Terry Thomas who graduated from the Aviation Maintenance Technology program at...

March is Free Application Fee at South Georgia Technical College.   South Georgia Technical College will be waiving application fees for high school seniors during the month of March as part of the GA Futures/Georgia Student Finance Commission’s March is “Apply to College Month.”    “This is a great opportunity for high school students graduating in May to go ahead and apply to South Georgia Technical College and have their application fee waived,” said SGTC President Dr. John...