Athletics News

South Georgia Technical College’s Shamari Tyson (1) and Yasriyyah Wazeerud-Din (13) were named to the NJCAA Division 1 Women’s Basketball All-America teams. This is the first time that two players have been recognized as All-Americans in the same season at South Georgia Technical College.   South Georgia Technical College had two sophomores from its record setting 2019 – 2020 Lady Jets women’s basketball team to be selected to the 2019 -2020 National Junior College Athletic...

SGTC Adult Education instructors put together information packets to send to students who may not have online access.   Where there is a will, there is a way.  That is the philosophy that the South Georgia Technical College Adult Education faculty and staff have adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic.    “We are encouraging our adult education students to continue to move forward even though our classrooms at South Georgia Technical College and the adult education sites throughout our seven...

Jay Hilliard of S & S Total Floor Care and Restoration is shown above “fogging” or “misting” on-campus housing rooms with the antimicrobial airborne solution to help kill any virus or bacteria lingering on surfaces.Americus to treat its campuses with an antimicrobial fog to help eliminate or slow the spread of any microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoans, fungi, mold, or mildew.       This is an added precaution undertaken during the COVID-19 pandemic by South Georgia...

South Georgia Technical College’s Yasriyyah Wazeerud-Din commits to Stetson University.South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets sophomore Yasriyyah Wazeerud-Din has announced that she plans to continue her academic and athletic career at Stetson University in Deland, FL.  South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and head coach James Frey said he couldn’t be more thrilled. “I’m really excited for Yazz and her family,” said Coach Frey. “She has worked really hard to...

SGTC faculty and staff continue to offer more encouragement to students.The faculty and staff of South Georgia Technical College continue to offer encouragement and support to students adjusting to a new way of handling their courses. Watch the video below to see more messages of motivation from the SGTC community. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdbq_lCGY-U

Shown above are the Americus financial aid team. They are Director Kelly Everett and Specialists Kierra Sparks and Lacy Bailey. Not shown is Danyel Tobias from the Crisp County Center.South Georgia Technical College is encouraging all students and prospective students to take advantage of this down time during the COVID-19 outbreak to go online and fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA).    Current students and prospective students who are interested in attending...

Shown above are SGTC Admissions Director Whitney Crisp and Admissions Assistant Jasmine Mercer who show individuals how to apply online at SGTC through a video link at: /admissions/how-to-apply/.    South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) President Dr. John Watford has waived the on-line application fee for individuals interested in enrolling summer semester.  SGTC and the other 21 colleges in the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) have also suspended the requirement to take a...

SGTC faculty and staff recently produced a video to offer encouragement to students.South Georgia Technical College is taking every precaution to combat the spread of COVID-19. This includes transitioning all courses to a distance learning model. Classes resumed in this new format on April 1, and SGTC faculty and staff assembled a short video offering words of encouragement to students as they make the adjustment to a different way of learning. Watch the video at...

South Georgia Technical College’s six sophomores from the 2018 – 2019 season all signed letters of intent to play college and continue their education at the next level. Five players are making an impact in NCAA Division I. Shown (l to r) are Audrey Maulden (20), Bigue Sarr (21), Alyssa Nieves (4), Ricka Jackson (1), Fatou Pouye (12) , and Mari Hill (10).   Before the Cororavirus pandemic, six members of the nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Lady Jets women’s...

Associates of The Harvest of Hope Food Pantry.Pictured are Carla Starling, March of Dimes Development Manager (on screen) along with (l-r) SGTC PBL’s Heather Hinton, Gwendolyn Coley, Ashley Halstead, Kenyatta Slaughter, and Dr. Andrea Oates.Associates of the Sumter County Department of Family and Children Services.Pictured from left to right: Major Kyle Selph, Sumter County Sheriff’s Office; Chief Jerry Harmon, Sumter County Fire and Rescue; PBL’s Heather Hinton, Kenyatta Slaughter,...

Dawan Bass is shown above going up for a layup against Georgia Highlands when he was a member of the South Georgia Technical College Jets.    Former South Georgia Technical College guard Dawan Bass of Baltimore, Maryland was selected as an NAIA All-American Honorable Mention for his play on the court as a member of the Edward Waters College Tigers.    In just one season in Purple & Orange, Bass led the Tigers in scoring, averaging 14.86 points per game, which was also 10th in the Gulf Coast...

Here is a photo of the large graduation crowd at South Georgia Technical College’s Fall 2019 ceremony. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, SGTC has postponed its Spring 2020 Graduation.   South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced that the college’s Spring 2020 graduation ceremony will be postponed until a later date.  Graduation was set for Thursday, May 7th, 2020 at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters gymnasium.    “This is not a decision that we take lightly,”...