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Adonis Green, 2, scored 36 points for the Jets in their opening game of the season. Fatou Pouye, 12, had 19 points and 11 points for the Lady Jets in their first two regular season games this season. The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets opened the 2018 -2019 basketball season on the road recently and both teams split decisions in their first two outings. The Lady Jets fell 68 – 66 to Santa Fe College in Gainesville, FL, but then bounced back to post a 71 – 41 win over...

A group of costume contest participants await the results of the individual costume contest at South Georgia Technical College’s annual Halloween event.A board game character, a gruesome police officer and a chicken all walked away with trophies from South Georgia Technical College’s annual Halloween celebration on the Americus campus recently. The event, which was the largest to date, was held in the Hangar and featured an individual costume contest, a group costume contest, a pumpkin...

SGTC Bobblehead ACE social media contest winner Ashley Holland is shown posing with Bobblehead ACE in the picture she shared on social media. Holland’s picture gained nearly 400 interactions.After reviewing dozens of entries, South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) has determined a winner for the Bobblehead ACE social media contest. Ashley Holland of Cordele, a medical assisting student on the Americus campus, received 399 interactions (likes, comments, shares) on her pictures, making her...

Freshman Jeremy Johnson (#21) goes up for a layup. Johnson led the team in scoring with 17 points off the bench.The South Georgia Tech Jets finished up their preseason schedule in the Hangar on Monday night, falling to the Middle Georgia Prep (MGP) Lions by one in a 2OT thriller. The Jets jumped out to an early lead in front of an eager home crowd, leading by a game-high 11 points in the first half. Despite the home energy however, MGP rallied back to take a 42-40 lead into...

Sophomore Bigue Sarr, 21, led the Lady Jets in scoring with 22 points against Thomas University in a pre-season scrimmage Saturday.The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets came out strong in the second half to stretch a narrow 29 – 26 half-time lead to a 64 – 46 win over the Thomas University Lady Night Hawks from the NAIA Sun Conference in the Hangar in Americus. “We did not play with much intensity in the first half,” said South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director...

Christopher Mathews was named the Student of Excellence - October 2018 for SGTC's Crisp County Center.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) student Christopher Mathews of Vienna was recently named October’s Student of Excellence on the college’s Crisp County Center campus. Mathews, a computer information systems (CIS) student, and four other students from various programs were recognized for their hard-work, work ethic and other positive attributes at the ceremony, which was recently...

2018 – 2019 Lady Jets – Shown seated (l to r) are: Aubrey Maulden (20); Rio Yamazaki (3); Anna McKendree (14) Alyssa Nieves (4); Kamya Hollingshed (30); Mari Hill (10); and Ricka Jackson (1). Standing are: Manager Destiny Penn, Assistant coach Kezia Conyers, Bigue Sarr (21); Oumy Gueye (23); Amara Edeh (5) Yasriyyah Wazeerud-Din (13); Fatou Pouye (12); Laky Somo (24); and SGTC Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey.The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets...

Sophomore forward Ricka Jackson, 1, was the leading scorer for the Lady Jets. She is shown above shooting from the three-point line. She was two of seven from the three point line.The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets dropped a hard fought 65 – 60 overtime decision to the NCAA Division II Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Albany State Lady Rams in a pre-season scrimmage in the Hangar on the Americus campus recently. “We started out very slow. We played in...

Shown above (l to r) are the educational leaders who participated in the State of Education event at South Georgia Technical College recently. They are: Dr. Elizabeth Kuipers, Principal of Furlow Charter School, Dr. Torrance Choates, Sumter County Schools Superintendent, Dr. John Watford, President of South Georgia Technical College; Ty Kinslow, Headmaster at Southland Academy; and Dr. Neal Weaver, President of Georgia Southwestern State University. The State of Education in Sumter County...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (seated right) is shown above thanking Marie Waitsman (seated left) for the new endowed healthcare scholarship that she and her family endowed in honor of two longtime Magnolia Manor employees, “Kitty” LaDaisy Battle (standing left) and Laurie Jessop. (standing right). The Waitsman family has endowed a second scholarship for healthcare students at South Georgia Technical College in honor of two long-time Magnolia Manor employees...

Brad Harnum has been named as the South Georgia Technical College full-time Emergency Medical Technology instructor effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. He will teach on both the Americus and the Crisp County campuses and will report to SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers. Harnum was been working as an EMT adjunct instructor for South Georgia Technical College for the past 10 months while also working as a full-time...

South Georgia Technical College Director of Business and Industry Services at the Crisp County Center Michelle McGowan, SGTC Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers and Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain are shown above at the Cordele Rotary Club meeting recently. South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers was the special guest speaker at the Cordele Rotary Club recently. SGTC’s Director of Business and Industry Services for...