Athletics News

GAINESVILLE, FL - The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets took their fourth straight win in an impressive 62 – 49 victory over Santa Fe College in Gainesville, FL recently. The Lady Jets are now 9 – 1 on the season and 3 – 0 in the conference. They are also tied for first place in the Division I Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association women’s basketball standings with Georgia Highlands College. “We played good in spurts,” said South Georgia Technical College Athletic...

South Georgia Technical College hosted a development program recently for a group of area high school juniors known as the “Chamber Champions,” a youth leadership program sponsored by the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce. According to the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber Champions are chosen based on a list of criteria set forth by the Workforce Development division. The youth initiative keeps a similar focus as the chamber, which is private sector support, growth, and...

Local entrepreneur and South Georgia Technical College graduate Jessica Wright was recently featured as a guest speaker for an American Enterprise Day program in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus Campus. The co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Americus based company Innovative Senior Solutions spoke with students and attendees about entrepreneurial concepts and the Free Enterprise system - the system in which private businesses operate in competition...

The Waitsman family has endowed a new scholarship for healthcare students at South Georgia Technical College in honor of two long-time Magnolia Manor employees who are near and dear to the hearts of Mrs. Marie Waitsman and her family, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. This is the 11th scholarship endowed by Mrs. Marie Waitsman and Marie and Leonard Waitsman’s children, Rick and Mindy Waitsman of Atlanta, and Jim and Shirlee Wadsworth of Charlotte,...

South Georgia Technical College Jets sophomore guard Rico Simmons and Lady Jets sophomore forward Esther Adenike were both selected as the Division I basketball Players of the Week for the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association this past week. Simmons, a 5’ 9” point guard from Wilkerson County, played his freshman season with the Jets two years ago and was chosen by head coach Travis Garrett as the Most Valuable Player that year. He sat out last season but returned this year to...

Karen Lewis of Americus was promoted to Banner Receivables Specialist at South Georgia Technical College recently, announced Dr. John Watford, President. Lewis will continue to report to Lea Coe, Vice President of Administrative Services. Lewis has been a member of the South Georgia Technical College staff since 1990. She worked as the JTPA Assistant/Veterans Services Certifying Official from September 1990 to July 1997. Then she moved to a Payroll/Personnel Technician position in...

The South Georgia Technical College Jets upset Central Florida in their own Central Florida Thanksgiving Classic basketball tournament recently in a narrow 84 – 82 decision over the unbeaten Patriots. The Jets dropped a 92 – 80 decision to St. Petersburg College in the opening match-up to walk away 1 – 1 in the tournament. The win over Central Florida was especially sweet for South Georgia Technical College Jets head coach Travis Garrett, who played there during his college...

The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets walked away with two big wins in the Lady Jets Thanksgiving Classic basketball tournament held recently in the Hangar on the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus. The Lady Jets defeated Motlow State in their opening match-up, 73 – 52 and then came back and secured a 78 – 68 win over Wallace State in the second game to dominate the tournament. The Lady Jets are now 8 – 1 overall and still 3 – 0 in the Georgia Collegiate...

The South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club hosted a special Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings for the Jets and Lady Jets basketball teams recently at Central Baptist Church in Americus. Sumter County Recreation Director Tim Estes brought a motivational message about giving thanks and thanking the individuals who have helped you get to where you are today. He related the Thanksgiving message to the athletes by asking them to remember the parents, grandparents, or...

The South Georgia Technical College aviation advisory committee met recently in the Griffin Bell Aerospace building on SGTC’s Americus campus to discuss the state of the trade. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the Aviation Maintenance Technology, Avionics Technology, and Aircraft Structural Technology programs. SGTC Aviation instructors Victoria Herron, Charles Christmas, Jason Wisham and David...

The South Georgia Technical College Jets split a home weekend – winning a close game on Friday night against Louisburg College and dropping the decision on Saturday night against Cape Fear Community College during the Region 17/10 Bash. The Jets are now 2 – 3 on the season, and have not played a conference game yet. The men began the weekend with a 76 – 71 win over Louisburg College of North Carolina. The game started out slow for the Jets, who traded several lead-changes with the...

South Georgia Technical College invites the community to see the SGTC campus “as you’ve never seen it before,” on Thursday, Nov. 30 during its second annual Light Up Your Future event. The event will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Tom Gailey Park in the center of the college’s Americus campus. The holiday-themed event will feature inflatable slides and bouncers, holiday music performed by local school and community groups, a gourmet hot chocolate bar, a free photo booth, a...