Lady Jets News

Former South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets assistant coach Tomekia Reed was selected as the head women’s basketball coach at Jackson State University.Former South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets assistant women’s basketball coach and Georgia Southwestern State University standout player, Tomekia Reed, has been named as the new women’s basketball head coach at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi. Reed began her coaching career as the South Georgia Technical...

SGTC Lady Jets head coach James Frey and Assistant Coach Kezia Conyers recognize sophomore Esther “Nike” Adenike as the Most Valuable Player of the Year for the Lady jets.“Quite a year!” That was the way South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club President Martha Arrington summed up the 2017 – 2018 basketball season for the Jets and Lady Jets at a special Booster Club banquet held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus recently. Lady...

Some of the Crisp County High School students who attended the South Georgia Technical College Spring Take-Off event are shown above with their free SGTC “Track It Wrist Fitness” bands that they received at the event at the Cordele Community Clubhouse. South Georgia Technical College Admissions Coordinator Kari Bodrey and English Instructor Katrice Taylor are shown above with some of the National Technical Honor Society students who helped with the Spring Take Off event. SGTC’s...

Student of Excellence winner Michael Micallef accepts his recognition plaque from SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers.Michael Micallef of Buena Vista, an Automotive Technology student at South Georgia Technical College, was the recipient of the Americus Campus Student of Excellence Award for the month of April. The recognition ceremony was held recently in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus. Micallef was nominated by his instructors...

South Georgia Technical College’s Director of Business and Industry Paul Farr and Bob Stinchcum are shown above with Dr. Tony Swaim from Kennesaw State University and members of the TCI Powder Coatings group that participated in the two-day workshop at South Georgia Technical College tailored to their specific industry needs.South Georgia Technical College hosted a two-day Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Actions learning experience workshop for TCI Powder Coatings in the John M. Pope...

Over 330 local high school students poured into the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the South Georgia Technical College campus to participate in the annual Spring Take-Off event recently.High school students gather around for a demonstration from an Air Conditioning Technology student at South Georgia Technical College’s ‘Spring Take-Off’ event, held recently in the college’s James S. Peters Gymnasium.Graduating seniors and underclassmen students from area high schools had the chance to...

Shown above (l to r) are: SGTC’s Paul Farr, GDED’s Candace Head, Café Campesino’s Tripp Pomeroy and Lee Harris, One Sumter’s Mary Beth Bass, Jane and Adam Graft of Leatherbrook Holsteins, Golden Gourmet’s Ed Shattles, SGTC’s James Frey, Golden Gourmet’s Norman Graves, SGTC’s Wally Summers, GDOL’s John Shaw, SGTC President Dr. John Watford, SGTC’s Bob Stinchcum, Sumter County Payroll Development Authority’s Barbara Grogan, and Don Porter of Georgia and a member of the...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (right) and Julie Partain, Dean of Enrollment Management at the SGTC Crisp County Center, are shown above with MAW Statewide Art Contest winner Rylee Hanson of Crisp County Elementary School with her 2nd place poster in the K – 5th grade competition. Also shown (l to r) are Rylee’s parents Kimberly and Tony Hanson and her brother.ATLANTA, Ga - Crisp County Elementary School fourth grader Rylee Hanson was selected as a winner in...

From left to right stand Advisory Committee members Mark Lewis, Department of Labor; Karen Bloodworth, Accounting and Marketing Management Instructor; Desiray Kenney, Accounting Student; Becky Fitzgibbons, Crisp County Power Commission; David Wade, City of Cordele; Dametra Patterson, Crisp County High School; Jessica Carter, Crisp Regional Hospital; Teresa Jolly, Business Technology Instructor; Dr. David Finley, Academic Dean.South Georgia Technical College’s Accounting, Business...

(L to R) Guest speakers Cadie Dukes and Jody Arrington of Furlow Charter School stand with Victoria Kelley and Jaye Cripe of SGTC’s Early Childhood Care and Education program. The group stands in front of a painting area, where the SGTC students would learn to teach children about creating their own books. South Georgia Technical College’s Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Department students welcomed a guest-lesson from Furlow Charter School second grade teacher Cadie Dukes and...

SGTC Guard Mike Boone (C) is shown above signing with Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. SGTC Assistant Jets Coach Chris Ballauer (l) and SGTC Jets head coach Travis Garrett (r) are shown with Boone during the signing process. Fayetteville, NC - South Georgia Technical College sophomore guard Mike Boone from Charlotte, NC, has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball at Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, NC. Fayetteville State University is an NCAA...

Esther “Nike” Adenike (24) named first team All-American in the National Junior College Athletic Association.South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets sophomore forward Esther Adenike from Lagos, Nigeria, was selected as a first team All-American by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I Women’s Basketball Committee. Adenike helped lead the 2017-2018 Lady Jets to their second consecutive NJCAA National Tournament in Lubbock, Texas. The Lady Jets...