Jets News

   A banked three-point shot at the buzzer forced the South Georgia Technical College Jets into overtime against the Gordon State College Highlanders.  Gordon State rode that momentum into the five-minute overtime session and outscored the Jets 11 – 7 to take the 80 – 76 victory.    “We had opportunities to walk away with a win tonight,” said South Georgia Technical College Jets head coach Chris Ballauer.  “We just failed to take advantage of those opportunities and it caught up...

     The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved into the first-place position in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball poll released this week.  This is the highest ranking ever achieved by the Lady Jets in their 18-year history and the only time a South Georgia Technical College men’s or women’s basketball team has received the top ranking.    “This is a tremendous honor for our program and for our players,” said...

   The South Georgia Technical College Jets took a 74 – 67 Georgia Intercollegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference win over the Southern Crescent Technical College Tigers Saturday to move into a three-way tie for third place in the conference.    The Jets were able to snap an eight-game losing streak with the victory over Southern Crescent and move to 4 – 11 on the season and 1 – 1 in the conference.   South Georgia State College and Andrew College are tied for first place in...

The American Red Cross will conduct a blood drive on Tuesday, January 17 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. Donors giving blood at this event will also be entered for a chance to win a trip to...

     South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, established an endowed fund with the South Georgia Technical College Foundation to honor the college’s Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year each year.  Chester A. Taylor, III, an SGTC Math Instructor was the recipient for 2023.    Due to health precautions, Sparky and Allene Reeves were unable to attend the award presentation. Their daughter, Mandy Reeves Young, represented the family and made the...

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 their eighth consecutive loss in a 68 - 59 match-up with State College of Florida...

    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 faculty, staff, and friends.      “There is only one word I can think of that fits this occasion, and that is grateful,” said Taylor after he was...

     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 ever achieved by the Lady Jets in their 18-year history.  They first achieved the 2nd place national ranking in February of 2021 and then again last week.    The Lady Jets are 18 – 1 overall and their only loss of the year came at the...

   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 this season and 7 – 0 in the GCAA, which is the best in the league.  Georgia Highlands dropped to 4th place in the...

   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 County Center in Cordele. Registration will be held at 9:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. in Americus and all day in Cordele.  Classes start Wednesday, January 11th.  There are no placement test requirements and SGTC provides the use of textbooks at no cost to students.    “Now is the perfect time to enroll in college...

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...

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 Nicholas R. Smarr and Georgia Southwestern State University Campus Safety Officer Jody C. Smith.  The...