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SGTC Lady Jets Alexia Dizeko (5) and Fanta Gassama (23) were selected for GCAA All-Tournament Team.     Two members of the nationally-ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets were selected to the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) women’s Division I basketball All-Tournament team for their performance in the GCAA Division I women’s 2021 – 2022 tournament in Rome, Georgia.  The Lady Jets ended the regular season with a 26 – 6 overall record.    SGTC freshman...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (third from left) and Georgia Power’s and SGTC Board of Directors Chairman Don Porter (second from right) are shown above with individuals included in the Internship Coordination Meeting recently. Also shown are Sumter County Schools Young Farmer Coordinator Phillip Gentry, SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers, SGTC Director of Business and Industry Services, Sumter County Schools CTAE Director John Drew, and Dr....

SGTC Student of Excellence overall winner Kimberly Sadecky (left) and nominees (top row) Christianna Smith, Derrick Carson, Brandon Price, (bottom row) Sha’Brea Hicks, and Jasmine Williams.Kimberly Sadecky of Montezuma was honored recently as the Student of Excellence for February on South Georgia Technical College’s Americus campus. Sadecky studies Criminal Justice and was nominated by her instructor, Teresa McCook. “I nominated Kimberly because of all she brings to South Georgia...

Shown above are the four Jets who were named to the GCAA All-Region teams for the 2021-2022 season. They are Marvin McGhee, 10, GCAA Player of the Year; Will Johnston, 4, and Malik Battle, 1, GACC All-Region second team and Jalen Reynolds, 3, All-Defensive team.   Four members of the South Georgia Technical College Jets earned top honors as members of the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division I men’s basketball All-Region teams for the 2021 – 2022 season and helped...

Marvin McGhee (10) scored 27 points for the Jets against East Georgia State College.Swainsboro, GA - The South Georgia Technical College Jets were only six points away from winning their first Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association regular season title since 2013 – 2014, but former Jets head coach Travis Garrett and the East Georgia State College Bobcats were able to take an 86 – 81 victory over the Jets in the final regular season game of the year and force the Jets into second place...

The SGTC Lady Jets finish the GCAA conference in second place and finished second in the NJCAA Region XVII tournament finals behind the Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers.Rome, GA – The 3rd nationally ranked Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers simply overpowered the 8th ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets 67 – 56 in a battle between two nationally ranked women’s basketball powerhouses in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII tournament finals in...

SGTC’s Alexia Dizeko, 5, led the Lady Jets in scoring with 17 points in the win over Andrew College.Rome, GA – The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII tournament finals will be a battle between two nationally ranked teams.  The 3rd ranked Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers will match-up against the 8th ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets on Saturday, February 26th at 2 p.m. in Rome on Georgia Highlands home court.  This will be the seventh time in...

Former SGTC Lady Jets assistant women’s basketball coach Tomekia Reed is the only black head coach in men’s and women’s NCAA Division 1 Basketball that is undefeated in conference. She is the women’s head basketball coach at Jackson State University.Jackson, Miss.– Former South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach Tomkia Reed became the Jackson State University Head Women’s Basketball Coach in April of 2018.  She was recently highlighted by...

Pictured center is SGTC Crisp County Center Student of Excellence winner Amaya Brown with nominees Fabiola San Martin Garcia (left) and Shelby Wood. Not pictured are nominees Destiny Taylor and Santana Canady.The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Crisp County Center in Cordele recently recognized several students for outstanding work in their respective programs. Amaya Brown of Pineview, a student in the Criminal Justice program, was named the overall Student of Excellence. Brown was...

South Georgia Technical College 2021 – 2022 Lady Jets move into semi-finals of the NJCAA Region XVII tournament.Rome, GA – The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets will travel to Rome, GA to take on Andrew College in the National Junior College Athletic Association Region XVII Tournament at Georgia Highlands College on Friday, February 25th.  Game time is 8 p.m.    The nationally ranked Lady Jets finished second in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) regular season...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (left) is shown above with the SGTC Black History Celebration program participants. They were: SGTC Director of Business and Industry Services Paul Farr, SGTC Auto Collision Repair and 2022 Teacher of the Year Starlyn Sampson, Amber and Rowdy Batchelor, SGTC Executive Assistant to the President Teresa O’Bryant, SGTC 2022 GOAL winner Zakyah Cameron, Shannon Jones, and SGTC Academic Dean David Finley.   Sumter County Chamber of...

SGTC’s Marvin McGhee, III led the Jets in scoring with 23 points against Andrew College.   The South Georgia Technical College Jets captured their sixth consecutive win with an 88 – 59 victory over Andrew College in their last regular season home game Wednesday.  The Jets are in second place in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA), one game behind top-ranked Georgia Highlands with an 11 – 4 GCAA record and 19 – 10 overall.  Georgia Highlands is 12 – 3 and 19 –...