Jets News

   The nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Jets suffered two losses in the Jets Classic Tournament in Americus this past weekend.  The 20th ranked Eastern Florida State College Titans secured a 70 – 65 victory in the final seconds of the Friday night game and then Chattahoochee Valley Community College Pirates came away with a 68 – 62 win over the Jets on Saturday.    “These were tough losses,” said South Georgia Technical College Jets head coach Chris Ballauer....

   The Lady Jets moved to first place in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) with a 2 – 0 record after an 81 – 41 victory over Andrew College Saturday.  The 12th NJCAA nationally ranked Lady Jets are currently 4 – 1 overall and the only team in the GCAA with conference wins.    Freshman Veronika Palifi from Pecs, Hungary, earned her first start of the young season for the Lady Jets and made the most of it.  She had a total of 16 points to lead the Lady Jets in scoring...

    South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 22-02 completed their training and were presented with their Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certificates of completion in a ceremony in the John M. Pope Center on the Americus campus.     The graduates of SGTC’s LEA Class 22-02 included: Charleston Denzel Drew of DeSoto; Robert Jarrett Hartsfield of Americus; Terrell Cordell Jones of Albany; Sean Patrick Whilden of Warner Robins; and Jatavius Jamal Whitehead...

South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) marketing management program advisory committee met recently on the college’s Americus campus to discuss the current state of the program and the industry as a whole. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the marketing program. SGTC’s marketing management instructor Mary Cross of the Americus campus provided the committee with updates and information about...

   The pursuit of a Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) title started last night and the South Georgia Technical College nationally ranked Lady Jets answered that first challenge by coasting to an 80 – 30 victory over Central Georgia Technical College in the Hangar.    “It is always good to get a conference win,” said South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey.  “We didn’t play as well as I had hoped but I did see some good...

Joshua Curtin, the coordinator for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) program at South Georgia Technical College, has announced the members of the screening and selection committees 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 37,000 students attending the colleges of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG). GOAL, which is now in its...

   The nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Jets captured their second consecutive victory of the 2022 – 2023 basketball season after they rolled to a 91 – 61 win over the Franklin Prep Academy Cardinals from Clemson, South Carolina.     Franklin Prep took an early lead over the Jets in the first half and the two teams were tied three times and had four lead changes in the first eight minutes of the contest.  But by the 10-minute mark in the first half, the Jets had...

   The Gene Haas Foundation donated $8,000 to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently to support Precision Machining and Manufacturing scholarships and student competition teams highlighting the CNC/Manufacturing programs such as SkillsUSA and SAE teams.    Haas Automation, Inc., which manufactures economical and reliable machine tools, is known as America’s Machine Tool Builder.  Gene Haas founded Haas Automation, Inc. in 1983 and this company is currently the largest...

   South Georgia Technical College’s Aaron Pitts a sophomore guard from Columbus, GA, was selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Men’s Basketball Player of the Week after the first week of play in the 2022 – 2023 season.    Pitts, 6’ 4”, played at Chattahoochee Valley last season.  This is his first season with the Jets.  He scored 18 points, and had two rebounds, one assist and three steals in SGTC’s 79 -74 win over Gulf Coast.  The Jets are currently...

   The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets both cracked the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) first Division 1 Men’s and Women’s 2022 -2023 national basketball poll.  The Lady Jets were ranked 5th in the pre-season poll but are still 12th this week after a tough opening game loss to the 16th ranked Gulf Coast Lady Commodores.  The Jets broke into the men’s poll at 25th.    “It was a very tough way to open the season,” said South Georgia...

Wilmington, NC – The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved to 2 – 1 on the new season following two impressive victories in the Cape Fear Classic in Wilmington, NC over the weekend.  The Lady Jets defeated Brunswick Community College 82 – 26 on Saturday and then put together a 62 – 50 win over Bryant & Stratton College from Virginia on Sunday.     The Lady Jets opened the season ranked 5th in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) pre-season poll but...

    South Georgia Technical College is providing application fee waivers for students who apply during the month of November.  November is “Apply to College Month” and students who apply during “No Fee November” can have the $25 application fee waived.    SGTC will be hosting in-person registration for Spring Semester on Tuesday, November 8th at 9:30 a.m., 1:30, and 5 p.m. on the Americus campus in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center and at 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on the...