Athletics News

Demetrius Colson had several college basketball offers when he graduated from high school in Donalsonville, GA back in 2000.  But he decided to hang up his tennis shoes and go to work.  Eight months later, he knew he wanted to continue his education and he thought that athletics might help him realize that dream.  South Georgia Technical College is glad he did.    Fast-forward 20 years later.  Demetrius Colson is an alumni of South Georgia Technical College with his associate degree in...

   South Georgia Technical College was recently rated as the top Community College in Georgia and one of the criteria for the award was student satisfaction and student involvement. Perhaps one of the reasons for the college’s high marks in student satisfaction and student involvement is because of the students’ willingness to give back to their local or adopted community.    Each year many of the over 3,000 students on the Americus and Crisp County Center campus’ volunteer to work...

Audra Cook Ekkel is the new Administrative Assistant for the Vice President of Student Affairs at South Georgia Technical College, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. She reports to Eulish Kinchens, Vice President of Student Affairs. Ekkel has worked at South Georgia Technical College as the Registrar Assistant since August 2014.  Prior to joining the Registrar’s office at SGTC, Ekkel worked as the Operations Manager, Associate Account Manager, and...

Rome, GA – The seventh seeded South Georgia Technical College Jets traveled to Rome to see if they could upset the second-ranked Georgia Highlands Chargers in the first round of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII tournament quarterfinals Tuesday, but the Chargers walked away with the 81 – 69 victory.     It was not the season that the South Georgia Technical Jets and head coach Travis Garrett had hoped for.  The Jets closed out the 2019 – 2020 year...

South Georgia Technical College student Roderick Douglas of Americus was recently named the college’s Student of Excellence for the month of February. Douglas, a Culinary Arts student, was recognized for his hard work, participation and commitment to learning at the Student of Excellence program held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the college’s Americus campus. Culinary Arts Instructor, Chef Ricky Watzlowick, nominated Douglas for the award and stated “Douglas...

     South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets sophomore transfer Niya Goudelock helped lead her teammates to an impressive come from behind 69 – 63 victory over the second ranked Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Region XVII tournament recently.      Her outstanding play along with her teammate Yasriyyah Wazeerud-Din earned them recognition on the NJCAA Region XVII All-Tournament team and allowed Goudelock to earn the Most Valuable...

   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets climbed to the 14th spot, their highest this season, in the 2020 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) women’s basketball national rankings last poll of the season prior to the NJCAA national tournament in Lubbock Texas, March 17th – 21st.    The Lady Jets are currently 29 – 2 overall and captured the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) regular season title with a perfect 17 – 0 conference record.  The...

     South Georgia Technical College Jets sophomores Justin Johnson and Merdy Bata were honored by the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division I men’s basketball coaches recently by being selected to serve on the All-Region teams for their performance on the court during the 2019 – 2020 season.    Johnson, a 6’ 7” guard from Ft. Lauderdale, FL, was recognized as a second-team All-Region player in the GCAA and Merdy Bata, a 7’ 0” sophomore pivot from...

   Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association Commissioner David Elder and South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey presented College of Coastal Georgia former basketball head coach and Director of Athletics Gerald Cox with a plaque signifying his induction into the newly created GCAA Hall of Fame.     Cox and former South Georgia State’s men’s baseball head coach Scott Simms were selected as the inaugural inductees of the GCAA newly created...

Macon, GA – Five South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) students represented the SGTC Crisp County PBL Chapter at District Competition at Central Georgia Technical College in Macon recently and took top honors.    Kennedy Mathews of Vienna, Samantha Campbell of Cordele, Hannah Weaver of Rochelle, Christina Jordan of Fitzgerald, and Nacoria Dawson of Cordele represented South Georgia Technical College at the District competition and came away with three...

    The South Georgia Technical College Jets came away with a 71 – 61 victory over Gordon State College Saturday.  The Jets have now won three of their last four games in the regular season and finished the year in 7th place in the Georgia College Athletic Association standings.  The Jets are 6 – 10 in conference and 13 – 17 overall.    As the seventh ranked team in the GCAA for the 2019 – 2020 season, the South Georgia Technical College Jets will advance to the NJCAA Region XVII...

   The nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets defeated Brandon Harrell and the Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers 69 - 63 in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII Tournament finals Saturday to capture their fourth consecutive NJCAA Region XVII title.  That win gives the Lady Jets the opportunity to travel to Spartanburg, South Carolina, to face Spartanburg Methodist College in the NJCAA District J game on Saturday, March 7th at 1 p.m. and...