Athletics News

Aaron Pitts, 4, led the Jets in scoring against State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota.Ft. Myers, FL - The South Georgia Technical College Jets have played one of the toughest non-conference schedules this season and Jets head coach Chris Ballauer and his team are ready to see what they can do in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference play which gets underway in Waycross against South Georgia State College on Thursday, January 12th at 7 p.m.    The Jets dropped...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford (left) is shown above presenting Math Instructor Chester Taylor (right) with the SGTC Instructor of the Year award for 2023.    South Georgia Technical College Math Instructor Chester A. Taylor, III, has been selected as the 2023 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year for South Georgia Technical College (SGTC), announced President Dr. John Watford at a special ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus in front of SGTC...

Shown above are the five Lady Jets that are listed nationally for their individual accomplishments this season. Shown above are: Lady Jets Luanna Leite, 1, and Loes Rozing, 2, Veronika Palfi, 4, Alexia Dizeko, 5, and Fanta Gassama, 23.     The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets remained 2nd in the nation for the second week in a row in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball poll released this week.  This is the highest ranking...

Alexia Dizeko, 5, was the top scorer for the Lady Jets with 20 points against Georgia Highlands in a conference match-up.   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets defeated Georgia Highlands 79 – 46 to maintain their first place standing in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) and their second place ranking nationally in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) standings.    The Lady Jets have won 18 consecutive games and are currently 18 – 1 overall...

Shown above is South Georgia Technical College President Dr. Watford with a representative stack of college textbooks that are provided for students to use at no cost at SGTC when they enroll for Spring semester. Classes start January 11th. The New Year is a great time to look at expanding or exploring new career options.   South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Spring Semester registration is planned for Monday, January 9th in the Pope Center on the Americus campus and at the Crisp...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced the college’s President’s List for the fall semester, which included nearly 100 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: Calhoun County: Huriel Martin...

Shown above are the SGTC Foundation Smarr-Smith Scholarship recipients Michael Middleton and Hunter Fallin.Americus, GA – South Georgia Technical College Criminal Justice Technology students Hunter Fallin and Michael Middleton were awarded the Smarr-Smith Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice scholarship recently by the South Georgia Technical College Foundation.       The Smarr-Smith endowed scholarship at South Georgia Technical College was created in memory of fallen Americus Police Officer...

Fanta Gassama, 23, named Women’s Basketball GCAA Player of the Week.   South Georgia Technical College’s Fanta Gassama has been selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division 1 Women’s Basketball player of the week for the first poll of 2023.  Gassama averaged 11.3 points, 15.6 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 2.6 steals and 1.3 blocks in three wins for the Lady Jets last week and helped lead them to a 2nd place National Junior College Athletic Association ranking.    This...

Deonte Willams, 12, had 14 points against Florida SouthWestern.Ft. Myers, FL – The South Georgia Technical College Jets dropped to 3 – 9 overall this season after the 25th ranked National Junior College Athletic Association Florida SouthWestern Pirates took a 92 – 59 victory in the Florida SouthWestern Classic tournament in Ft. Myers, FL.    This was the sixth consecutive loss for the Jets and they are hoping to turn that streak around today when they match-up with State College of...

Shown above are the four Lady Jets that are listed nationally for their individual accomplishments this season. Shown on the top row are: Lady Jets Luanna Leite, 1, and Loes Rozing, 2, On the bottom row are Alexia Dizeko, 5, and Fanta Gassama, 23.     The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved up two spots into 2nd place in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball poll released this week.  This is only the second time in the...

Shelton State Community College head coach Madonna Thompson is shown above talking with the Lady Bucs during a timeout in the upset over Eastern Florida.Americus, GA - The unranked National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Shelton State Bucs upset the NJCAA’s top-ranked Eastern Florida Titans 60 – 44 on Sunday in the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets Holiday Classic that saw four of the top 12 women’s basketball teams in the NJCAA Division I league competing n the...

Fanta Gassama, 23, was the leading scorer for the Lady Jets in the match-up against Pensacola.   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets showed the 12th ranked Pensacola State College Lady Pirates why they are currently ranked 4th in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division 1 women’s basketball rankings with a 68 – 57 win in the pre-cursor game of the Lady Jets Holiday Classic basketball tournament in the Hangar Thursday night.    “I thought we played...