Athletics News

Barnesville, GA – The South Georgia Technical College Jets secured a 72 – 63 victory over Gordon College in Barnesville Tuesday to move to 2 – 1 in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) and remain tied for second place.  Gordon College dropped to 0 – 2 in the GCAA.    Georgia Highlands and Central Georgia Tech are currently tied for first place in the conference with 1 – 0 records and South Georgia Tech and South Georgia State are tied for second with 2 – 1...

The American Red Cross will conduct a blood drive on Tuesday, January 18 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on the campus of South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) in Americus. The blood drive will be held in the Hicks Hall student union on the Americus campus, and all eligible donors are encouraged to participate. Students from the SGTC Practical Nursing program will be on hand to assist the Red Cross. By taking a moment from your day to donate, you may be giving someone else a chance at...

Marshallville, GA – Chance Simpson of Marshallville signed up as a dual enrollment student at South Georgia Technical College at the start of his 10th grade year at Macon County High School.  He graduated with his associate degree in Computer Networking Support just a few weeks shy of graduating from high school and earned acceptance into the elite and prestigious Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) School of Engineering.  Now he is also employed by Johns Hopkins University as a student...

Martha Arrington, coordinator for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) program at South Georgia Technical College, has announced the members of the screening committee that will interview students who are nominated for the college’s annual GOAL title.The objective of the GOAL program is to recognize and reward excellence among the more than 150,000 students attending the colleges of the Technical College System of Georgia. GOAL was the first statewide program in the nation...

   The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets will play Albany Technical College in a conference double-header at home on Thursday, January 13th.  The Lady Jets will open at 5:30 p.m. and the Jets will follow at 7:30 p.m.    This a change from the regular season schedule.  The Jets were scheduled to play a single game at home against Albany Tech at 7 p.m. Thursday, January 13th and the Lady Jets were scheduled to play the Albany Tech Lady Titans at home on Saturday, January...

Griffin, GA – The South Georgia Technical College Jets dropped a narrow 62 – 61 Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) decision to the Southern Crescent Tigers to fall to 1 – 1 in the conference and 9 – 7 overall.  The Jets are currently tied for third place in the conference behind East Georgia and Southern Crescent.    “We didn’t show up ready to play,” said SGTC Jets head coach Chris Ballauer, who had commented that last year the Jets had a hard time bouncing back...

Americus, GA —The Sumter Electric Membership Corporation Foundation, Inc. awarded a grant in the amount of $5,000.00 to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation, Inc. Proceeds from the grant will be used to continue the Sumter EMC Foundation endowed scholarship fund for students. Dr. John Watford, South Georgia Technical College President and Su Ann Bird, Vice President for Institutional Advancement and SGTC Foundation Executive Director accepted the donation for the SGTC...

     Sophomore guard Marvin McGhee, III, of Atlanta, sank one of two free throws with 1.3 seconds remaining on the game clock to lift the South Georgia Technical College Jets to an 86 – 85 win over the GCAA defending champion South Georgia State College Hawks in the Hangar on the Americus campus.      The win put the Jets into a tie for first place in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) with Albany Technical College with a 1 – 0 record.  The Jets are now 9 – 6...

   Erika Carrillo Arias of Americus has been hired as the South Georgia Technical College Human Resources Specialist effective immediately, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford.  She will report to Human Resources Coordinator Stephanie Preskitt and Vice President of Administrative Services Lea Coe.    As the Human Resources Specialist for SGTC, Carrillo Arias’ responsibilities will provide administrative and technical support to one or more functional areas of HR and will be...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced the college’s President’s List for the fall semester, which included over 120 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: Baker County: Peyton Brazel of...

Macon, GA – The 14th nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets traveled to Macon and walked away with a 91 – 67 Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) victory over the Central Georgia Technical College Lady Titans.  The Lady Jets are now 15 – 4 overall and 5 – 2 in the GCAA.    “It was good to get back into conference play and get a road win,” said South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey.  “I talked to...

   South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced today that Joshua Curtin of Leesburg has been named Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs in charge of student residential housing and dining, student activities, intramural sports and other student-oriented duties.  He will also serve as the college’s Emergency Operations Manager and the COVID Coordinator.  He will report to SGTC Vice President of Student Affairs Eulish Kinchens.     “Please join me in...