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AMERICUS - South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford has announced that Cynthia Carter, the director of career services at the college, will coordinate the 2019 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) program. GOAL, a statewide program of the Technical College System of Georgia, honors excellence among the state’s technical college students. According to Carter, the GOAL program is the first statewide program in the nation designed to recognize leadership and...

Amara Edeh, 5, and Alyssa Nieves, 4, were the top scorers for the Lady Jets in their wins over Roane State and Pensacola State in the Georgia Highlands Thanksgiving Classic Tournament.ROME, GA – The nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets captured their eighth straight win in the Georgia Highlands Thanksgiving Classic Basketball Tournament in Rome over the Thanksgiving Break. The Lady Jets defeated Roane State Community College 76 – 40 in the opening game of the...

Everyone is invited to the FREE 3rd annual “Light Up Your Future” Event at South Georgia Technical College on Tuesday, December 4th from 5:30 to 8 p.m.South Georgia Technical College will be hosting its third annual “Light Up Your Future” event on Tuesday, December 4th from 5:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. in Gailey Park on the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus and the community is invited to this fun free celebration. The Jets basketball team also will be playing Marion...

Bigue Sarr, 21, led the Lady Jets in scoring against Albany Tech.The nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets captured an impressive 82 – 51 victory over the Albany Tech Lady Titans Tuesday night to remain unbeaten in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association conference and post their sixth consecutive win this season. The game was never in doubt as the Lady Jets dominated the Lady Titans almost from the opening buzzer. South Georgia Tech was up 28 – 12 at the...

Fatou Pouye, 12, named GCAA Player of the Week for the second consecutive week.South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets sophomore forward Fatou Pouye from Kaolack, Senegal, has been selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women’s basketball player of the week for two consecutive weeks. The 6’ 0” forward averaged 16.5 points, 10 rebounds, 4.5 steals, and 1.5 block shots in the Lady Jets two wins this week to earn her second Player of the Week honors in as...

South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets Assistant Coach Kenzia Conyers is shown above with Lady Jets Fatou Pouye, Ricka Jackson, and Bigue Sarr along with South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey at the NCAA early signing day event. Pouye signed to play with Illinois at the next level while Jackson chose Texas Tech and Sarr inked with Oklahoma State.The 2018 – 2019 basketball season is barely underway but three sophomores from the nationally...

The nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets captured their fifth straight victory and their second Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association conference win recently in an 83 – 61 win over Central Georgia Technical College out of Macon, GA. “We are a work in progress,” said South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head basketball coach James Frey. “One minute we look like we have never played together and then the next minute we play up to...

Justin Johnson, 5, is shown above driving to the basket. He led the Jets in scoring against USC Salkahatchie. Americus, GA - The Tallahassee Community College Eagles flew past the South Georgia Technical College Jets to remain unbeaten and take the top honors in the SGTC Jets Tip-Off Basketball Classic held at the Hangar in Americus, GA recently. Tallahassee defeated the Jets 74 – 60 and also overpowered the Gordon State Highlanders 94 – 65 in the Tip-Off Classic to move to 7 –...

Shown above left to right are: Jasmine Majors, SGA; Ashley Holland, SGA President; Shana Rainey, SGA; Prince Burns, NTHS President; Tonya Rodgers, SkillsUSA President; standing top right, Stephanie Tyson, SGA and members from the Americus Senior Citizens center.The South Georgia Technical College SkillsUSA program is paving the way for our future workforce by reaching out to different groups in the community. The South Georgia Tech local membership team members reached out to the elderly at...

Ryan Carter accepts his Student of Excellence plaque from academic dean Dr. David Finley. Carter was named the student of excellence for the month of December 2018.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) aviation maintenance technology student Ryan Carter of Blackshear was recently named the Student of Excellence for December.  Carter and five other outstanding students were recognized as the top students in their respective program areas and then Carter was selected as the overall Student...

Kacey Dixon was named the Nov. 2018 Student of Excellence.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Marketing Management student Kacey Dixon of Montezuma was recently named the Student of Excellence for November.  Dixon and four other outstanding students were recognized as the top students in their respective program areas and then Dixon was selected as the overall Student of Excellence at the ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the college’s Americus...

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....