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Rome, GA – The South Georgia Technical College nationally ranked Lady Jets took an impressive 85 – 70 win over the Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers in a match-up between the first and second place women’s teams in Rome. The win solidified the Lady Jets hold on first place in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) standings with a 15 – 0 record and moved them to 23 – 3 overall. Georgia Highlands is now 13 – 2 and 17 – 10. The Jets came close but were not able to...

The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved up one spot into 22nd place in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball rankings this week after rolling to impressive wins over Andrew College and Georgia Highlands in Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) action. The Lady Jets are 15 – 0 and 23 – 3 overall. The Lady Jets are seeking their third straight trip to the National Junior College Athletic Association National...

WALB's Theo Dorsey visited South Georgia Tech recently to speak with Alyssa Nieves on her record-breaking night at Andrew College. Video segment can be viewed here. By Theo Dorsey| February 7, 2019 AMERICUS, GA (WALB) - When you're hot, your hot! One of the Lady Jets basketball player caught so much fire that she now owns a couple records out in Americus. Alyssa Nieves went off Wednesday night. She scorched the nets for 41 points making 11 three point shots. AMERICUS, GA (WALB) -...

South Georgia Technical College’s Cordele campus is collecting toiletries and old books as part of two benefit drives, sponsored by the college’s National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) chapter. The first drive is being held to benefit the Sophisticated Sisters program, a Christian based community development program designed to support nine through 18-year-old girls. Brand new, originally packaged toiletries including shampoo, conditioner, hand soap, mouth wash,...

Cuthbert, GA - South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets sophomore guard Alyssa Nieves from Tampa, FL, shattered two new school records Wednesday night in an impressive 109 – 67 victory over the Andrew College Lady Fighting Tigers in a Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference match-up. The Lady Jets also surpassed the record for the most points scored with 109 and freshman Anna McKendree drew four charging fouls to set the new school record for most charges. Nieves led...

CUTHBERT, GA - The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets took two important Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference wins from Andrew College in Cuthbert, Wednesday night. The Lady Jets rolled to a 109 – 67 victory and the Jets fought hard and came up with an impressive 68 – 62 decision against a team they lost to 86 – 71 a little over a month ago. Determination was the word that South Georgia Technical College Jets head coach Travis Garrett used to...

More than 230 middle school students from Taylor County and Furlow Charter School visited the Americus campus of South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently to learn about what a technical education looks like. Furlow brought 45 students to tour seven programs of the campus, and two days later, Taylor County brought 190 students to visit nine program areas. Each day, students unloaded from the school busses and were welcomed in Hicks Hall by David Kuipers, vice president of...

Kelsi Cannon, a practical nursing student from Ellaville, has been named as South Georgia Technical College’s Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner for 2019. She will represent the college in regional and state level competitions, in search of being named the statewide Student of the Year and the face of technical education in Georgia. The announcement came from South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) president Dr. John Watford during a luncheon on the college’s...

The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets took two very important Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference wins over Central Georgia Technical College Saturday when the Jets came away with a narrow 77 – 74 victory over the Central Georgia Tech Titans and the Lady Jets rolled to a 70 – 56 win over the Lady Titans in the Hangar in Americus.    “This was a big win for our program,” said South Georgia Technical College Jets head coach Travis...

Ryder System, Inc. donated a 2014 Freightliner Sleeper Tractor to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently for the college to utilize in the training of students in its Diesel Equipment Technology program. “On behalf of the South Georgia Technical College Foundation and the students and faculty at South Georgia Tech, I would like to thank Ryder for this donation,” said SGTC President Dr. John Watford. “Having the ability to train our diesel equipment technology...

South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray was presented with a check from Synovus Bank in Americus recently after he was selected as the South Georgia Technical College Instructor of the Year for 2019. He will represent the college at a statewide competition in Atlanta against the other outstanding instructors in the Technical College System of Georgia    Synovus, formerly known as SB&T, has presented the outstanding Instructor of the Year...

SWAINSBORO, GA - The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets captured their 12th straight Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference win and remained in first place in the standings when they coasted to a 67 – 35 win over East Georgia State College in Swainsboro. The Jets were riding a five-game GCAA winning streak but fell four points short in a narrow 84 – 80 loss to the East Georgia Bobcats in the second half of the double-header. “We played terrible in the first...