Lady Jets News

Shown above are Lady Jets Mari Hill, 10, Ricka Jackson, 1, and Jet Justin Johnson, 5. Two members of the nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets were selected to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII All-Tournament team for post season play after the Lady Jets captured their third consecutive NJCAA Region XVII title recently.  Jets freshman Justin Johnson also was tapped by the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) as a member...

Justin Johnson, 5, led the Jets in scoring with 18 points against East Georgia State. The South Georgia Technical College Jets came out strong in their last Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) 2018 – 2019 regular season game Saturday and defeated East Georgia State College, 88 – 66. The win allowed the Jets to finish the GCAA season in 3rd place and earn the right to host a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII tournament quarterfinal game on...

: South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above with the 2018 – 2019 Region XVII Champion Lady Jets and head coach James Frey and Assistant Coach Kezia Conyers. The nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets defeated Brandon Harrell and the Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers 75 – 57 in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII Tournament finals Saturday to capture their third consecutive NJCAA Region XVII title. ...

Yasriyyah Wazeerud-Din had 13 points in the Lady Jets win over Albany Tech in the NJCAA Region XVII quarter-final contest.   The nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets took care of business Friday night in a match-up against the fourth ranked Albany Tech Lady Titans in the semi-final round of the NJCAA Region XVII Division I tournament in Americus and earned the right to advance to the finals for the sixth consecutive season.   The Lady Jets defeated Albany Tech...

The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets clinched the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association regular season conference title with an unblemished 18 – 0 season but remained locked in at the 20th spot in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball rankings this week. The Lady Jets are 27 – 3 overall. All three losses were to teams included in the NJCAA national rankings.   The Lady Jets will be hosting the NJCAA Region XVII...

RVRC Executive Director Patti Cullen is shown above (center) accepting a plaque from South Georgia Technical College officials in appreciation of her 38 years of service to the River Valley Regional Commission. Shown (l to r) with Cullen are SGTC Director of Business and Industry Services Michelle McGowan, SGTC Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers, SGTC Director of Business and Industry Services Paul Farr and SGTC President Dr. John Watford. South Georgia Technical...

Justin Johnson, 5, led the Jets in scoring against Gordon with 23 points. The South Georgia Technical College Jets moved one step closer to possibly hosting one of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) District XVII tournament games after defeating Gordon State College, 77 – 70 Wednesday night in the Hangar on the SGTC Americus campus.   “This was a big win. I mean a big win,” said South Georgia Technical College Jets head basketball coach Travis Garrett,...

Kelsi Cannon accepts her Student of Excellence plaque from SGTC vice president of academic affairs David Kuipers. In addition to Student of Excellence, Cannon was also named as the college’s GOAL representative for 2019. Twenty-one days after being announced as the GOAL winner for South Georgia Technical College (SGTC), Kelsi Cannon of Ellaville is taking home a new title: SGTC Americus Campus’ Student of Excellence, February 2019. The practical nursing student was awarded the...

Shown above (l to r) are South Georgia Technical College Economic Development Assistant Tami Blount who works with the SGTC Electrical Lineworker program along with SGTC Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers, SGTC Electrical Lineworker scholarship recipients Thomas Houston Locke and Brandon Haire with SGTC Electrical Lineworer Instructors Sandra Kay Royal and Sidney Johnson. Two South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker students were awarded South Georgia...

SGTC Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey was named the Division I GCAA Coach of the Year for 2018 – 2019 and Lady Jets Alyssa Nieves, Bigue Sarr, Fatou Pouye, and Ricka Jackson all earned All-Region honors for their play this season. South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head basketball coach James Frey was selected as the women’s Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division I Coach of the Year for 2018 – 2019, announced GCAA...

Searra Morehead was named the February 2019 Student of Excellence for South Georgia Technical College’s Cordele campus.South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Cordele campus named Searra Morehead the February Student of Excellence recently at a ceremony for the seven nominees. Morehead, a medical assisting student, was nominated for the award by her instructor, Carol Cowan. “Searra is a great student with attention to detail,” Cowan said. “When she graduates from South Georgia...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford is shown above with three former basketball players who played basketball at SGTC when the team was known as the “Technics.” They are Michael Coley, Willie Yarbrough, and Eddie Wallace. The skies were overcast but the spirits were bright as South Georgia Technical College hosted its annual Sophomore/Alumni Day Celebration Saturday as a tribute to the college’s “Proud Past – Promising Future!”   Nearly 500 faculty, staff, alumni,...