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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...

   South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Spring Semester registration is planned for Monday, January 10th 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 p.m. and 5 p.m. in Americus and all day in Cordele.  Classes start Wednesday, January 12th.  There are no placement test requirements and SGTC provides the use of textbooks at no cost to students.    “This is an awesome opportunity for individuals to...

   South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets freshman shooting forward Alexia Dizeko of Sion, Switzerland was selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for Division 1 for the first week of January 2022.  Lady Jets freshman center Fanta Gassama of Mantaro, Spain was named Player of the Week December 13, 2021.    Dizeko and Gassama are the only two members of the Lady Jets team to receive this honor for the 2021 – 2022 season. ...

   South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets head coach James Frey was selected as the WHoopDirt.com Coach of the Week for week 8 in the JUCO division.  The honor makes him eligible to receive the WHoopDirt.com National Coach of the Year Award presented by Capital Elite Agency.  The national award will be announced at the conclusion of the 2021 – 2022 college basketball season.     This is the third season that WHoopDirt.com has run the Coach of the Week and Coach of the Year...

   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets were able to climb two spots in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s intercollegiate basketball polls in the first week of 2022 after going 3 – 0 in the Lady Jets Holiday Classic.  They moved up from 16th in the final poll of 2021 into 14th place in the opening 2022 poll.   The Lady Jets had climbed as high as the fifth-place spot nationally after opening the season unbeaten, but four tough losses...

   The South Georgia Technical College 16th nationally ranked Lady Jets took an 88 – 85 overtime win over the 19th ranked Gulf Coast Community College Commodores in the final game of the Lady Jets Holiday Classic to finish the tournament unbeaten and move to 14 – 4 on the season.    In the other games Thursday, the 9th place nationally ranked Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers also finished the tournament unbeaten with a 91 – 55 victory against Tallahassee Community College.  Eastern...

   The South Georgia Technical College 16th nationally ranked Lady Jets moved to 13 – 4 on the season and 2 – 0 in the Lady Jets Holiday Classic after defeating the Lawson State Lady Cougars, 75 – 51 in their second game of the tournament in the James S. Peters gymnasium Wednesday.  The Lady Jets host Gulf Coast today at 4 p.m. in the final game of the tournament.    In the other games Wednesday, the nationally ranked Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers took a 61 – 52 victory over...

    Marcellous Deshun of Arlington was awarded the initial Chief Vanessa Wall Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Scholarship by the South Georgia Technical College Foundation at the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy 21 – 02 graduation ceremony.    The endowed scholarship was established in honor of Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Vanessa Wall who began her career at South Georgia Technical College nearly 20 years ago as the initial Criminal Justice Instructor.  She grew that...

   The South Georgia Technical College 16th nationally ranked Lady Jets coasted to a 69 – 45 win over the Tallahassee Community College Lady Eagles in the opening game of the Lady Jets Holiday Classic in the James S. Peters gymnasium Tuesday.  The nationally ranked Lady Jets are 12 – 4 on the season.    In the other games Tuesday, the nationally ranked Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers took an 80 – 75 victory over Gulf Coast in a battle between the seventh ranked Georgia Highlands...

     South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford has announced that Martha Arrington will coordinate the 2022 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) Program.  Arrington is a retired South Georgia Technical College Cosmetology Instructor and former GOAL Coordinator for the college.  She currently serves as the SGTC Jets Booster Club President and has agreed to coordinate this program for the 2022 year.    GOAL, a statewide program of the Technical College System of...