Athletics News

South Georgia Technical College students celebrated Halloween recently with festivities that included a costume contest, pumpkin carving contest and horror movie showing. The events, which took place in Hicks Hall on the Americus campus, were sponsored by the Student Government Association. SGTC students from several program areas dressed up in their most creative and scary costumes and stood before the judges for the costume contest. Each program was judged as a whole before each student...

New and existing students enrolling at South Georgia Technical College have the opportunity to benefit from the expansion of the HOPE Career Grant announced by Georgia Governor Nathan Deal recently, said South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. The changes will take place in January of 2018. The HOPE Career Grant offers qualified students up to $500 in additional HOPE funds each semester if they enroll in specific programs that offer students greater career...

South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head basketball coach has been tapped to serve as the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Region 17 women’s Director. He is joined by David Elder, Commissioner of the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association, who is serving as the NJCAA Region 17 Men’s Director. Elder has over 19 years of consecutive service to the NJCAA. This is the first season that South Georgia Tech’s Frey has been selected...

The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets are preparing to open the 2017 – 2018 basketball season with a total of seven veteran players returning from successful 2016- 2017 seasons. SGTC Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey and assistant coach Kezia Conyers are both back to lead the women’s team and Jets head coach Travis Garrett and assistant coach Chris Ballauer have returned to guide the men’s squad. The SGTC Lady Jets captured their second...

The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets both came away with wins in a pre-season double-header scrimmage in the Hangar recently. The Jets held off a last minute attack to defeat Middle Georgia Prep, 82 – 78 in the opening game and then the Lady Jets closed out the night with a 71 – 57 victory over the Albany State Lady Rams. “It was a good win,” said South Georgia Technical College Jets head coach Travis Garrett. “I definitely saw a lot of room for improvement...

Kanna Suzuki of Hamamatsu, Japan, a Sports and Fitness Management major at South Georgia Technical College, was named the SGTC Student of Excellence during the college’s recent student recognition ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus campus. Suzuki, who is also a member of the Lady Jets basketball team, was nominated for the award by her coach and Sports and Fitness Management instructor James Frey. Jets basketball coach Travis Garrett...

The Early Childhood Care and Education program at South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center hosted a guest speaker recently from the First Baptist Child Development Center in Cordele. Nina Adams, director of First Baptist Child Development Center, visited with early childhood care and education instructor Lisa Penton’s class to speak on several topics related to employment in the field of childcare. Adams discussed with students how their education is their job security and...

South Georgia Technical College’s Campus Life and Student Government Association held a Red Ribbon Week event on the Americus campus recently in Hicks Hall.  Students attending the rally received a Red Ribbon. Janice Harris, Chairperson for the Americus and Sumter County Red Ribbon campaign, gave an overview of Red Ribbon Week and how drug awareness will be promoted throughout the week. A community-wide kickoff was held at the Sumter County Courthouse with law enforcement agencies and...

South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) President Dr. John Watford announced the college’s Summer Semester President’s List recently, which included 39 students. In order to qualify for the President’s List, a student must be enrolled in an associate degree or diploma program and have a 4.0 GPA for that semester’s coursework. Those students who qualified included: Bacon County: Colyn A. Johnson of Nicholls, Aviation Maintenance Technology. Crisp County: Desiray Chantay Kenney of...

The South Georgia Technical College Medical Assisting advisory committee met recently in McLain Hall on the SGTC Americus campus. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the Medical Assisting program. SGTC Medical Assisting instructors Diana Skipper and Lynn Lightner provided the committee with updates and information about program changes, enrollment, community activities, and student news. The advisory...

South Georgia Technical College hosted a job fair for Sumter County’s newest marine manufacturer, Lexington Pontoon Boats, in the John M. Pope Center on the college’s Americus campus recently. Over 50 applicants attended the event. The company interviewed attendees in hopes of filling some of its 80 available positions. Lexington listed positions available in: pontoon assembly, welding, lamination, marine engines, maintenance, fiberglass and upholstery. Additionally, the company listed...

South Georgia Technical College students elected into student organization leadership positions participated in a local leadership retreat and installation ceremony recently in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus Campus. Club Presidents, Vice Presidents, Secretaries, Parliamentarians, Treasurers, Reporters, and Historians of the Student Government Association (SGA), SkillsUSA, Phi Beta Lambda (PBL), and the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) chapters from...