Lady Jets News

A student with the Chamber Champions group reads a quote about leadership during the groups visit to SGTC.South Georgia Technical College hosted a development program recently for a group of area high school juniors known as the “Chamber Champions,” a youth leadership program sponsored by the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce. According to the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber Champions are chosen based on a list of criteria set forth by the Workforce Development division....

The South Georgia Tech Jets basketball team went 0-2 over the weekend after traveling to play in the Florida Southwestern Classic in Ft. Myers, Fla. The Jets (1-3) opened the classic against the host and #11 nationally ranked team, Florida SouthWestern State University, on Friday night. The Jets and Bucaneers battled for much of the first half, sharing five lead changes, but it would eventually be the Bucs that would take a 37-24 lead into the half. The Bucs (4-0) would go on to drive that...

Sophomore forward Fatou Pouye (12) is shown going in for a layup against Wallace State. She led the Lady Jets in scoring with 22 points in that match-up.The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets overcame an early 17 – 0 deficit to defeat the Wallace State Lady Lions 62 – 57 in the final game of the Lady Jets Tip-Off Classic tournament at the Hangar in Americus Saturday and Sunday. The SGTC Lady Jets were seeded 11th in the nation in the NJCAA pre-season rankings. They dropped...

South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves, and SGTC Athletic Director James Frey are shown above with the first place GSW team of Stephen Snyder and Coach Darcy Donaldson.A little rain did not damper the spirits at the fourth annual South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club Sparky Reeves Classic Golf Tournament held at the Griffin Bell Golf and Conference Center in Americus, Georgia recently. Georgia Southwestern State University’s team of Golf Coach Darcy...

Georgia Southwestern and South Georgia Tech signed a new articulation agreement ensuring a smooth transition from SGTC to GSW’s Long-Term Care Management Program. (L-R front) Su Ann Bird, VP of Institutional Advancement at SGTC; Dr. David Kuipers, VP of Academic Affairs at SGTC; Dr. John Watford, SGTC President; Dr. Neal Weaver, GSW President; Dr. Suzanne Smith, Provost and VP of Academic Affairs at GSW; Dr. Leisa Easom, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Health Sciences and Professor...

President Dr. John Watford and SGTC Board of Director Chairman Jake Everett with the SGTC Board’s 100% certification for the 2018 year at the TCSG Leadership Conference in Savannah.The South Georgia Technical College Board of Directors was recognized as a fully certified board at the Technical College Directors Association and the Technical College Foundation Association annual Leadership conference in Savannah recently. All seven members of the South Georgia Technical College Board...

Larry Paulk, Chairman of the Technical College Foundation Association, is shown above (l to r) with South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford, Duncan Beard and Ellen Marshall Beard who accepted the Benefactor of the Year award for the Mattie Marshall Foundation, along with SGTC Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Foundation Executive Director Su Ann Bird and Technical College System of Georgia Commissioner Matt Arthur.SAVANNAH, GA – The Mattie Marshall...

Adonis Green, 2, scored 36 points for the Jets in their opening game of the season. Fatou Pouye, 12, had 19 points and 11 points for the Lady Jets in their first two regular season games this season. The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets opened the 2018 -2019 basketball season on the road recently and both teams split decisions in their first two outings. The Lady Jets fell 68 – 66 to Santa Fe College in Gainesville, FL, but then bounced back to post a 71 – 41 win over...

A group of costume contest participants await the results of the individual costume contest at South Georgia Technical College’s annual Halloween event.A board game character, a gruesome police officer and a chicken all walked away with trophies from South Georgia Technical College’s annual Halloween celebration on the Americus campus recently. The event, which was the largest to date, was held in the Hangar and featured an individual costume contest, a group costume contest, a pumpkin...

SGTC Bobblehead ACE social media contest winner Ashley Holland is shown posing with Bobblehead ACE in the picture she shared on social media. Holland’s picture gained nearly 400 interactions.After reviewing dozens of entries, South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) has determined a winner for the Bobblehead ACE social media contest. Ashley Holland of Cordele, a medical assisting student on the Americus campus, received 399 interactions (likes, comments, shares) on her pictures, making her...

Freshman Jeremy Johnson (#21) goes up for a layup. Johnson led the team in scoring with 17 points off the bench.The South Georgia Tech Jets finished up their preseason schedule in the Hangar on Monday night, falling to the Middle Georgia Prep (MGP) Lions by one in a 2OT thriller. The Jets jumped out to an early lead in front of an eager home crowd, leading by a game-high 11 points in the first half. Despite the home energy however, MGP rallied back to take a 42-40 lead into...

Sophomore Bigue Sarr, 21, led the Lady Jets in scoring with 22 points against Thomas University in a pre-season scrimmage Saturday.The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets came out strong in the second half to stretch a narrow 29 – 26 half-time lead to a 64 – 46 win over the Thomas University Lady Night Hawks from the NAIA Sun Conference in the Hangar in Americus. “We did not play with much intensity in the first half,” said South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director...