Lady Jets News

Alyssa Nieves, 4, (right) is shown above with her teammate Ricka Jackson, 1, after the two learned that Nieves had scored over 40 points in the game against Andrew College.Cuthbert, GA - South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets sophomore guard Alyssa Nieves from Tampa, FL, shattered two new school records Wednesday night in an impressive 109 – 67 victory over the Andrew College Lady Fighting Tigers in a Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference match-up. The Lady Jets also...

Alyssa Nieves, 4, had 41 points and made 11-three point shots in the game against Andrew College.CUTHBERT, GA - The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets took two important Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference wins from Andrew College in Cuthbert, Wednesday night. The Lady Jets rolled to a 109 – 67 victory and the Jets fought hard and came up with an impressive 68 – 62 decision against a team they lost to 86 – 71 a little over a month...

A Taylor County Middle School student exits the school bus before running into a tour on South Georgia Tech’s campus.More than 230 middle school students from Taylor County and Furlow Charter School visited the Americus campus of South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently to learn about what a technical education looks like. Furlow brought 45 students to tour seven programs of the campus, and two days later, Taylor County brought 190 students to visit nine program areas. Each day,...

South Georgia Technical College’s 2019 GOAL Winner, Kelsi Cannon (right), accepts her award from SGTC president Dr. John Watford. Cannon will represent the college at the regional and state level in search of the Student of the Year title. Kelsi Cannon, a practical nursing student from Ellaville, has been named as South Georgia Technical College’s Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner for 2019. She will represent the college in regional and state level competitions, in...

Justin Johnson, 5, clinched the win for the Jets with back-to-back free throws with 13.9 seconds remaining. He also led the team in scoring with 27 points. The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets took two very important Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference wins over Central Georgia Technical College Saturday when the Jets came away with a narrow 77 – 74 victory over the Central Georgia Tech Titans and the Lady Jets rolled to a 70 – 56 win over the...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (third from right) is shown above thanking Barry Gibbs, Ryder Sr. Maintenance Manager Georgia Business Unit (fourth from left) for the 2014 Freightliner Tractor to be utilized in the SGTC Diesel Equipment Technology program. Also shown (l to r) are SGTC Diesel Equipment Technology Instructors Chase Shannon and Ed Herrington, along with Ryder’s Harry Haag, Gibbs, Dr. Watford, and Ryder’s Jon Walraven and Ricky Griffin.Ryder...

Synovus’ Tami Duke is shown above (right) presenting Brett Murray with a donation from Synovus for being selected as the South Georgia Technical College 2019 Instructor of the Year. South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray was presented with a check from Synovus Bank in Americus recently after he was selected as the South Georgia Technical College Instructor of the Year for 2019. He will represent the college at a statewide competition in Atlanta...

Alyssa Nieves, 4, was the leading scorer for the Lady Jets with 14 points in the game against East Georgia State CollegeSWAINSBORO, GA - The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets captured their 12th straight Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference win and remained in first place in the standings when they coasted to a 67 – 35 win over East Georgia State College in Swainsboro. The Jets were riding a five-game GCAA winning streak but fell four points short in a narrow...

South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves (l) and Allene (r), are shown above presenting a check to SGTC 2019 Instructor of the Year Brett Murray (c).South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, presented South Georgia Tech’s 2019 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year winner, Brett Murray, with a stipend from the South Georgia Technical College Foundation’s Sparky and Allen Reeves endowed fund at the college’s 2019 Rick...

South Georgia Technical College CIS Instructor Andrea IngramAndrea Ingram, South Georgia Technical College Computer Information Instructor on the Americus campus, wrote the following article for the Americus Times Recorder. It was published in the “New Year, New You!” Special Publication of the Americus Times Recorder printed in January 2019 and inserted into the January 30th edition of the newspaper. It details how to clean up your computer for the New Year! “Should auld acquaintance...

Dr. Ivan H. Allen, President of Central Georgia Technical College, will be the guest speaker at the South Georgia Technical College African American History Celebration on Wednesday, February 20th.Central Georgia Technical College President Dr. Ivan H. Allen will be the special guest speaker at the South Georgia Technical College African American History program in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center building on the Americus campus at 11 a.m. Wednesday, February 20th, 2019,...

Courtesy of South Georgia Technical College - Jae Crowder receives the 2009 player of the year award from the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association Commissioner David Elder while attending South Georgia Technical College.Jae Crowder was an All-American freshman at South Georgia Technical College in 2009. By Eric Woodyard @E_Woodyard Published: January 29, 2019 8:23 am DesertNews.com https://www.facebook.com/100000088027472/posts/2387441901268721/ SALT LAKE CITY — It was the summer of...