Athletics News

Americus Rotary Club President Jaye Anderson is shown above with TCSG Commissioner Greg Dozier and SGTC President Dr. John Watford.   Technical College System of Georgia Commissioner Greg Dozier was the guest speaker at the Americus Rotary Club which met on the South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) campus recently.  SGTC President Dr. John Watford introduced Commissioner Dozier.     Americus Rotary Club President Jaye Anderson welcomed members and guests to the meeting and thanked TCSG...

Jamiah Gregory, 23, was selected as the GCAA Player of the Week for Division I for the week of January 6, 2025.   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets had their fourth player selected for the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division 1 Women’s Basketball Player of the Week honors. Freshman guard Jamiah Gregory of Marietta, GA was named GCAA Player of the Week for January 6 following SGTC’s first conference win over Albany Tech.    Gregory is 5’10” and this is...

Mandy Reeves Young (left) and Allene Reeves (right) are shown above presenting Mary Cross (center) with a check for being named the SGTC 2025 Instructor of the Year.     South Georgia Technical College’s Marketing Instructor Mary Cross was recognized by SGTC President Emeritus Sparky Reeves’ family recently after she was named the SGTC 2025 Outstanding Instructor of the Year.  The late Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, established an endowed fund with the South Georgia Technical...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced the college’s President’s List for the fall semester, which included over 90 students from around the area and several other states. To be eligible for the President’s List, a student must be enrolled full time (12 or more credit hours) in an associate degree or diploma program and have a 4.0 GPA for that semester’s coursework. Those students who qualified included: Coweta County: Daniel Caldwell of...

SGTC marketing management instructor Mary Cross was recently honored as the 2025 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year for South Georgia Technical College.SGTC President Dr. John Watford (left) presents the Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year Award to marketing management instructor Mary Cross.South Georgia Technical College marketing management instructor Mary Cross was named the 2025 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year during a recent breakfast ceremony in the John M. Pope Industrial...

Stephie Salumu, 13, was selected as the GCAA Player of the Week for Division I for the week of December 16, 2024.   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets had their third player selected for the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Women’s Basketball Player of the Week honors this week.  Freshman guard Stephie Salumu from Sint-Niklaas, Belgium was named Player of the Week for December 16th following SGTC’s back to back wins in the Palm Beach Classic.    Salumu is a...

SGTC EAGLE nominee Ilana Harper (L) and Outstanding Adult Education Teacher nominee Margie Martin. South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) has announced its nominees for the Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education (EAGLE) and Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) Office of Adult Education Outstanding Teacher of the Year awards. Ilana Harper was selected as SGTC’s EAGLE nominee, while Margie Martin, an Adult Education Instructor in Ellaville, was chosen as the Outstanding...

SGTC Human Resources Director Suzanne Singletary is shown above presenting her daughter, Ashton Singletary Tatum with her Associate of Applied Science degree in Allied Health Professions. Ashton was the first graduate of this new program. SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs Julie Partain is shown in the background.Nearly 250 individuals earned the right to be recognized at the South Georgia Technical College’s Fall 2024 commencement ceremony Thursday, December 12, at 6 p.m. in the...

Shown above are the 2024 High School Equivalency graduates from South Georgia Technical College.   South Georgia Technical College recently held its Fall 2024 High School Equivalency graduation ceremony in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the SGTC Americus campus.  Twenty-three students earned their General Educational Development (GED) Diploma and were recognized for that accomplishment.   James Ingram, South Georgia Technical College Adult Education Instructor at Sumter...

South Georgia Technical College Aviation Maintenance Instructor Paul Pearson is shown above with the SGTC Foundation’s Mike Cochran Aviation Maintenance Scholarship recipient Jesse Latourette and SGTC Lead Aviation Maintenance Instructor Victoria Herron.    The South Georgia Technical College Foundation presented Jesse Latourette of Thomaston, with the Foundation’s Mike Cochran Aviation Maintenance scholarship recently.  Latourette was recognized for his outstanding academic and work...

Pictured are recent graduates of the SGTC Practical Nursing program and their instructors at the recent pinning ceremony. Shown left to right are Jennifer Childs, Sabrina Milledge, Amber Ross, Tyeesha Woods, Maggie Butler, Ally Ledlow, Samiya Campbell, Kimberly Nipper, Sierra Banks, Tori Getman, Bridgett Cox, Mierica Brown, Sequaja Carter, Chandra Hughes, and Christine Rundle.Thirteen graduates of the South Georgia Technical College Practical Nursing program received their nursing pins in a...

SGTC Medical Assisting student Joey Singletary is shown above with the large laundry basket he won for completing the QEP class.   South Georgia Technical College Medical Assisting student Joey Singletary of Montezuma was the winner of a huge basket of goodies recently, announced Teresa McCook, SGTC Criminal Justice Instructor and QEP Director.   All SGTC students who completed the college’s fall QEP (Quality Enhancement Plan) free online course were entered into a special drawing. The...