Athletics News

South Georgia Technical College will host a Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) course March 13-14 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the college’s Crisp County Center in Cordele. The program is based on the principles of Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) and teaches civilian tactical EMS to aid any EMS called to respond to a mass casualty or active shooter event. Upon successful completion of the course, students will receive NAEMT TECC Course Completion Certificates and wallet...

South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Accounting and Business Technology advisory committee met recently in the Odom Center Conference Room on the college’s Americus campus to discuss several aspects of the industry over lunch. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the accounting and business technology programs. SGTC’s Accounting instructor Brenda Boone provided the committee with updates and...

   In a battle between the GCAA Co-Coaches of the Year, South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey showed exactly why he has been named Coach of the Year or Co-Coach of the year six of the eight years he has been coaching at South Georgia Technical College.    Frey and his nationally ranked Lady Jets rolled to an impressive 89 – 65 victory over the fourth-seeded East Georgia State College Lady Bobcats and co-coach of the year Warren Goosby in...

   South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head basketball coach James Frey was selected as the women’s Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division I Co-Coach of the Year for 2019 – 2020 and Lady Jets sophomore Shamari Tyson earned the Player of the Year honors, announced GCAA Commissioner David Elder.  Tyson and two other members of the 2019 – 2020 Lady Jets were also selected to the GCAA first and second team All-Region teams.     The GCAA...

   South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center Admissions Coordinator Katrice Taylor joined instructors Brandy Nipper, Wanda Bishop and Brad Harnum in participating in the Crisp County Learning Center’s Career Awareness Day.    The event was sponsored by the Crisp County Industrial Development Council.  Katrice Taylor, SGTC Medical Assisting Instructor Brandy Nipper, Criminal Justice Instructor Wanda Bishop and EMT instructor Brad Harnum presented to approximately 50 sixth...

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy, Col. Eric Bryant, was the featured speaker at South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) annual African American History Program. The event took place before a large audience in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus campus. “We make history every day,” Bryant said in his remarks. “As we travel on this journey, it’s important that we inspire and encourage one another.” A 1993 graduate of Americus...

    Approximately 100 Taylor County High School CTAE students, instructors and administrators attended the South Georgia Technical College Phi Beta Lambda Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education Day at South Georgia Technical College recently.    South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford was the special guest speaker at the event.   The students also had the opportunity to tour the campus and take part in different activities related to their CTAE classes.  SGTC...

South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) will host an African American History program at the Crisp County Center in Cordele on Thursday, February 27, at 10:30 am. Reverend Keith Lewis will serve as the featured speaker. The program will start with introductory remarks from SGTC Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain. Members of the SGTC chapter of the National Technical Honor Society will follow with presentations on important figures in African American history. Katrice Taylor,...

    The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets captured their fifth consecutive Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference title and finished the season with an undefeated conference record for the second consecutive year.  It is only the third time in the history of the program that a South Georgia Technical College women’s team has managed to finish up with a perfect conference record.    As the GCAA regular season conference champions, South Georgia Technical...

   Three games and three wins were recorded against conference opponents by the South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets over the past few days.  The Jets ended a three game losing streak by putting it all together to take a 94 – 56 win over Southern Crescent Tech and then roared back to stage a 60 – 54 win over the nationally ranked South Georgia State Hawks.  Both games were played on the road.    The Lady Jets were also active over the weekend and closed out their Georgia...

   South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center’s Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain was recognized as a Melvin Jones Fellow by the Cordele Lions’ Club recently during the club’s weekly meeting.    Partain was presented with the Melvin Jones Fellow plaque by Lions’ Club President Willie Mae Dexter.  Becoming a Melvin Jones Fellow is the highest honor bestowed by Lions Club International. The award was presented for dedicated humanitarian services to the Lion...

South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently held a professional development workshop for educators, community leaders, and students entitled “Break the Cycle of Poverty”.  The workshop was conducted by Dr. Donna M. Beegle, an expert on poverty and strategies to combat it. The event was presented free to the community and paid for through a federal grant obtained by South Georgia Technical College. In her presentation, Dr. Beegle relayed her own story of growing up as a product of...