Athletics News

Dr. Michele Seay has been named the 2024 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year Award winner for South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) for her work as the psychology instructor at SGTC. Dr. John Watford, SGTC President, presented the award to Dr. Seay at a breakfast ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus. Also nominated for the honor was criminal justice instructor Teresa McCook. After remarks from last year’s winner, mathematics instructor...

Swainsboro, GA – The East Georgia State College Lady Bobcats defeated the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets 77 – 56 in a Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference match-up in Swainsboro.    The win allowed East Georgia to remain in a tie for first place in the conference with Central Georgia Tech with identical perfect 2 – 0 records.  The Lady Jets dropped to 1 – 1 in the conference and are tied for second place with Albany Tech.  The Lady Jets are 8 – 6...

   Ashley Rodgers, a 2016 graduate of South Georgia Technical College and a resident of Macon County, was crowned Ms. Elegance International 2023-24 during the American Elegance National/International Pageant Finals held recently in EastnPeoria, Illinois.    Rodgers, a marketing major, was selected as South Georgia Technical College’s GOAL (Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership) winner in 2016 and was also recognized as the Georgia GOAL winner.  She represented South Georgia Tech and...

The committee to select South Georgia Technical College’s candidate for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) met recently on the campus of SGTC in Americus. The committee interviewed finalists for the honor and chose a winner to be announced Tuesday, January 16th during the GOAL Luncheon at the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center. The selection committee members are Ervin Anderson, Senior Lecturer Emeritus and Executive Director of the African American Male...

South Georgia Technical College recently recognized several students on the Americus and Cordele campuses who successfully completed the Nurse Aide training program. Instructor Janice Wiseman presented each student with a certificate recognizing their achievement. At the SGTC Crisp County Center in Cordele, the honorees were Christian Jones of Rochelle, Avery Jordan of Cordele, Parth Patel of Cordele, Brittany Collins of Cordele, A’kayla Jackson of Cordele, Nigel Brooks of Vienna, and...

   South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Lady Jet Vera Gunaydin recently was selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA)Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the first week of 2024 following SGTC’s wins over Snow College and St. Petersburg College.    Vera Gunaydin, a 5’ 9” sophomore guard from Ankara, Turkey, averaged 11 points and nine rebounds in match-ups against opponents in the SGTC Lady Jets Holiday Classic tournament recently.  The Lady Jets are...

Cuthbert, GA – South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach Jason Carpenter was able to secure his first Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference victory in a 68 – 45 decision against Andrew College in Cuthbert.    “It felt good to get the win,” said Carpenter, whose team is now 8 – 5 on the season and in a three-way tie for first place in the GCAA with East Georgia and Central Georgia Tech, who are also 1 – 0 in the...

   South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Spring Semester registration is planned for Tuesday, January 9,2024 in the Odom Center on the Americus campus and at the Crisp County Center in Cordele. Registration will be held from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.    “Now is the perfect time to enroll in college classes,” said South Georgia Tech President John Watford.  “South Georgia Technical College is offering in-person and online classes to provide the training for careers of a lifetime. Many...

Kadeem Williams of Americus is joining South Georgia Technical College as a Student Affairs Assistant in the Student Affairs office, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford recently.  His office will be located on the Americus campus. He will report to SGTC Vice President of Student Affairs Eulish Kinchens and Admissions Director Candie Walters.     Williams has a Bachelors of Science in Psychology with a minor focus in Sociology from Georgia Southwestern State University and has over...

   The National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) 4th ranked Gulf Coast Lady Commodores went 3 – 0 in the Lady Jets Holiday Classic tournament to take bragging rights in the eight-team tournament that had three of the top-ranked NJCAA Division I teams in the nation competing against each other.    The Lady Jets took a 74 – 69 win over Snow College in a pre-tournament game Thursday before losing to Gulf Coast State 66 – 49 on Friday and escaping with a 61 – 60 win...

   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets made 13 consecutive free throws in the fourth quarter to come from behind and take a narrow 74 – 69 victory over the Snow College Badgers from Epraim, Utah Thursday.    “I was very proud of their effort,” said South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach Jason Carpenter, after the Lady Jets overcame an eight-point deficit at the end of the first half to clinch the narrow victory and end a two-game losing...

Americus, GA – South Georgia Technical College Criminal Justice Technology graduates Charles Allen Barnhill of Albany, and Andrew Lee of Leesburg, were awarded the Smarr-Smith Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice scholarship recently by the South Georgia Technical College Foundation.       The Smarr-Smith endowed scholarship at South Georgia Technical College was created in memory of fallen Americus Police Officer Nicholas R. Smarr and Georgia Southwestern State University Campus Safety...