Athletics News

   South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced that Tom Jones of Ellaville has been named as the SGTC Information System Administrator. Jones will report to SGTC Chief Information Technology Officer Gary Prince and SGTC Vice President of Administrative Services Lea Coe.  The new appointment is effective immediately.    Jones has been working full-time with South Georgia Technical College since 2002 as the Technical Support Specialist. He worked as a Data Processor...

     The South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club will be hosting the 9th annual Sparky Reeves Classic Golf Tournament on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at the Griffin Bell Golf and Conference Center in Americus, GA.  Everyone is encouraged to participate and all proceeds will go to the South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club to support the Jets and Lady Jets athletics.      This is the first year that the tournament will be held in memory of former SGTC President Sparky...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced the college’s President’s List for the summer semester, which included 47 students from across Georgia 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: Clay County: Jakia Tynae Cox of Fort...

    Robert Lee Sturgeon of Americus has been hired as a South Georgia Technical College Aviation Maintenance Technology Instructor effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.  He will report to Vice President of Academic Affairs Julie Partain.      “We are pleased that Robert Sturgeon will be joining the South Georgia Technical College faculty as one of our Aviation Maintenance Technology Instructors,” said President Watford.  “Our...

   The South Georgia Technical College Foundation recognized Lou Crouch of Elko, Ga for his support of the SGTC Foundation during SGTC’s Law Enforcement Academy Class 23- 02 graduation ceremony in the John M. Pope Center on the Americus campus recently.    “The SGTC Foundation is very pleased to recognize Lou Crouch today for his support of the college, the SGTC Foundation, and the Law Enforcement Academy and its students with these tokens of appreciation,” said Su Ann Bird, SGTC...

Nine South Georgia Technical College Practical Nursing graduates at the SGTC Crisp County Center campus participated in a special pinning ceremony held recently in the auditorium of the Crisp County Center campus. The graduates included: Jessica Carter of Ashburn, Victoria McNair of Ashburn, Adeline Ousley of Albany, Halie Taylor of Rochelle, Rachel Hillman of Rochelle, Kristie Neal of Cordele, Suzanne Mayberry of Cordele, Carshena Ugiagbe of Warner Robins, and Dijah Jackson of...

As a mother of four in her thirties, Kristie Neal of Cordele could have easily given up on her dream of working as a nurse. “I’ve always wanted to be a nurse,” she said, “but life happened, and I just needed to pay the bills.” Thanks to the Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA), however, Neal discovered she could study nursing at South Georgia Technical College without taking on a heavy financial burden. She enrolled in the WIOA program in 2022 and excelled in her...

  Takeita Clark of Americus was presented with the Lou Crouch Law Enforcement Scholarship by the South Georgia Technical College Foundation at the completion of the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 23 – 02 graduation ceremony recently. Clark earned her Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certification from the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy.       “I am so thankful for the opportunity to receive this scholarship,” said...

    South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 23-02 completed training and were presented with Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certificates of completion in an intimate graduation ceremony in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus.       South Georgia Technical College is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year and has a long-standing tradition or culture of providing top quality technical education programs to our...

   Gary Lamar “Sparky” Reeves, 74, who served as President of South Georgia Technical College from August 2004 through September 2015, passed away at his home on August 2, 2023.  His funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, August 6, 2023 at First Methodist Church, 200 South Lee Street in Americus, GA.  A graveside service will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery on Rees Street in Americus. Reeves served the college for over 42 years.  He began his career first as an accounting,...

Fourteen graduates of the South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Practical Nursing program received their nursing pins in a recent ceremony in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus. A large group of family, friends, administrators, and instructors attended the event to show their support as the students participated in the traditional pinning ritual. Graduates receiving their pins in the ceremony were: Maria Battle of Ellaville, pinned by SGTC Nursing...

   Jason Carpenter, former assistant women’s and men’s basketball coach at Gulf Coast State College in Panama City Beach, FL, and Georgia Highlands College in Rome, GA, has been named as the new South Georgia Technical College athletic director and Lady Jets head basketball coach, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford.  He starts immediately.    Carpenter is only the third head basketball coach of the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets in the 19-year history of the...