Athletics News

Denmark, SC – The 12th nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets coasted to a 76 – 39 victory over the NJCAA Division I Denmark Technical College Lady Panthers to move to 23 – 5 on the season.  Denmark Tech is one of 36 colleges in Region 10 which covers North and South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.    South Georgia Technical College is currently ranked second in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) behind Georgia Highlands College.  The...

   The South Georgia Technical College Jets took an impressive Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) 85 – 59 victory over Gordon College to move into a tie for second place with South Georgia State College.  The Jets are now 7 – 4 in the conference and 15 – 10 overall.  Gordan fell to 2 – 7 and 8 – 13.    The Jets held Gordon to five points in the first 10-minutes of the game and at the end of the first half, South Georgia Tech had pulled ahead 37 – 20.  In the second...

    South Georgia Technical College was selected as the third best college in Georgia to earn an associate degree according to University HQ.    The ranking was based on cost of tuition, admission rate, retention rate, graduation rate, graduating salary, number of programs offered, online programs offered, loan default rate, diplomas awarded, percent of students receiving financial aid and reputation and expert opinion.  The rankings can be found at:...

     Janice Hudson of Haddock, GA has joined South Georgia Technical College as a full-time Nurse Aide/Medical Instructor for the Crisp County Center effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.  She will report to South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers and the Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain.     The dedicated clinical instructor has 25 years of experience in the nursing field.  She...

   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets dropped three spots to 12th place in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s intercollegiate basketball polls after losing to the 3rd ranked Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers this past week.     The Lady Jets had climbed as high as the fifth-place spot nationally after opening the season unbeaten.  Since then they have dropped to as low as 21st before they started climbing back to 14th, 13th, 11th and 9th...

    The South Georgia Technical College Jets pulled together a 41-point swing in under 30 minutes to take an impressive 86 – 65 victory over Southern Crescent Technical College after trailing by as many 18 points in the first half.  The win cemented an outstanding day as part of the SGTC Alumni/Sophomore Day Celebration and recognition of the 20th anniversary of Jets intercollegiate basketball on the South Georgia Technical College campus, Saturday.  The nationally ranked Lady Jets...

South Georgia Technical College recently hosted financial aid workshops for SGTC students on both the Americus and Cordele campuses. Jasmine Mercer, SGTC Financial Aid Specialist, and Danyel Tobias, SGTC Financial Aid Technician, led the workshops in Americus and Cordele respectively. Mercer and Tobias assisted students in navigating the financial aid process. They also offered the students assistance in completing their 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 FAFSA applications. South Georgia...

     South Georgia Technical College gave away over 400 t-shirts to SGTC alumni, retirees, current faculty, friends and supporters at its annual Alumni and Sophomore Day Celebration recently in the James S. Peters gymnasium in conjunction with the Jets and Lady Jets basketball games.    All South Georgia Technical College alumni and former faculty and staff members were encouraged to come out and join in the celebration.  Alumni from at least five of the last seven decades were present at...

    The skies were overcast and the air had a chill, but the spirits were bright as South Georgia Technical College hosted its annual Sophomore/Alumni Day Celebration Saturday as a tribute to the college’s “Proud Past – Promising Future!”   The college also celebrated the 20th anniversary of starting its intercollegiate Jets basketball program and honored the members of the first 2001 – 2002 Jets basketball squad.      Nearly 350 faculty, staff, alumni, students, retirees, and...

     South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, presented South Georgia Tech’s 2022 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year winner, Starlyn Sampson, with a stipend from the South Georgia Technical College Foundation’s Sparky and Allene Reeves endowed fund at the college’s 2022 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year Breakfast recently.    Starlyn Sampson, Auto Collision and Repair Instructor on the Americus South Georgia Technical College campus,...

    The showdown between two nationally ranked Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) powerhouse Division I women’s basketball teams ended with the 4th seeded National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers taking an impressive 79 – 63 victory over the 9th place South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets in the James S. Peters gymnasium in Americus.    “When you play one of the top four teams in the country, you can’t turn the ball over...

     Americus Rotary Club member and Past President Don Smith presented South Georgia Technical College culinary arts student Zakyah Cameron of Bonaire, GA, with a stipend recently on behalf of the Americus Rotary Club.  Cameron was recognized as the college’s 2022 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner by SGTC President Dr. John Watford at the college’s GOAL luncheon recently.       “It is my honor to make this presentation on behalf of the Americus Rotary Club and...