Lady Jets News

Mitch Roundtree joins SGTC as High School Initiative Specialist.   Thomas Mitch Roundtree of Waycross has been hired as a full-time High School Initiative Specialist at South Georgia Technical College effective immediately, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford.  Roundtree will report to High School Initiative Coordinator Vickie Austin and the SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs.    Roundtree is a graduate of Clinch County High School in Homerville, GA, and earned an Associate of...

Aaron Pitts was the top scorer for the Jets in the 80 – 76 loss to Gordon State College.   A banked three-point shot at the buzzer forced the South Georgia Technical College Jets into overtime against the Gordon State College Highlanders.  Gordon State rode that momentum into the five-minute overtime session and outscored the Jets 11 – 7 to take the 80 – 76 victory.    “We had opportunities to walk away with a win tonight,” said South Georgia Technical College Jets head coach...

The SGTC 2022 – 2023 Lady Jets are ranked number one in the nation. This is the first time a South Georgia Technical College team has held that honor.     The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved into the first-place position in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball poll released this week.  This is the highest ranking ever achieved by the Lady Jets in their 18-year history and the only time a South Georgia Technical...

Bryce Turner, 11, was the top scorer for the Jets in their first conference win over Southern Crescent.    The South Georgia Technical College Jets took a 74 – 67 Georgia Intercollegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference win over the Southern Crescent Technical College Tigers Saturday to move into a three-way tie for third place in the conference.    The Jets were able to snap an eight-game losing streak with the victory over Southern Crescent and move to 4 – 11 on the season and...

SGTC nursing student Kagen Leigh Mathis donates blood during a recent American Red Cross Blood Drive on the SGTC campus in Americus.The American Red Cross will conduct a blood drive on Tuesday, January 17 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on the campus of South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) in Americus. The blood drive will be held in the Hicks Hall student union on the Americus campus, and all eligible donors are encouraged to participate. Students from the SGTC Practical Nursing program...

Mandy Reeves Young (left), daughter of SGTC President Emeritus Sparky and Allene Reeves is shown above presenting Taylor (right) with a check for being named SGTC 2023 Instructor of the Year.     South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, established an endowed fund with the South Georgia Technical College Foundation to honor the college’s Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year each year.  Chester A. Taylor, III, an SGTC Math Instructor was the...

Aaron Pitts, 4, led the Jets in scoring against State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota.Ft. Myers, FL - The South Georgia Technical College Jets have played one of the toughest non-conference schedules this season and Jets head coach Chris Ballauer and his team are ready to see what they can do in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference play which gets underway in Waycross against South Georgia State College on Thursday, January 12th at 7 p.m.    The Jets dropped...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford (left) is shown above presenting Math Instructor Chester Taylor (right) with the SGTC Instructor of the Year award for 2023.    South Georgia Technical College Math Instructor Chester A. Taylor, III, has been selected as the 2023 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year for South Georgia Technical College (SGTC), announced President Dr. John Watford at a special ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus in front of SGTC...

Shown above are the five Lady Jets that are listed nationally for their individual accomplishments this season. Shown above are: Lady Jets Luanna Leite, 1, and Loes Rozing, 2, Veronika Palfi, 4, Alexia Dizeko, 5, and Fanta Gassama, 23.     The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets remained 2nd in the nation for the second week in a row in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball poll released this week.  This is the highest ranking...

Alexia Dizeko, 5, was the top scorer for the Lady Jets with 20 points against Georgia Highlands in a conference match-up.   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets defeated Georgia Highlands 79 – 46 to maintain their first place standing in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) and their second place ranking nationally in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) standings.    The Lady Jets have won 18 consecutive games and are currently 18 – 1 overall...

Shown above is South Georgia Technical College President Dr. Watford with a representative stack of college textbooks that are provided for students to use at no cost at SGTC when they enroll for Spring semester. Classes start January 11th. The New Year is a great time to look at expanding or exploring new career options.   South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Spring Semester registration is planned for Monday, January 9th in the Pope Center on the Americus campus and at the Crisp...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced the college’s President’s List for the fall semester, which included nearly 100 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: Calhoun County: Huriel Martin...