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Marvin McGhee, III, scored 19 points to lead the Jets to victory in the NJCAA Region XVII tournament. The Jets will play South Georgia State in Rome in the semi-finals at 6 p.m. Friday, March 4th at Georgia Highlands.   The South Georgia Technical College Jets earned the right to advance to the NJCAA Region XVII tournament semifinals with an 89 – 76 win over the Southern Crescent Tigers in the quarterfinal round of the tournament Tuesday night in the Hangar.    The Jets are now 20 – 11...

SGTC Aviation Maintenance graduate Terry Thomas is shown above. He is now working as a Senior Consultant, MSG3 Maintenance Programs at Hexagon US Federal.     “Courage doesn’t always roar.  Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow.’”  Mary Ann Radmacher, an American author and artist, is credited with that quote but she could have been speaking about Terry Thomas who graduated from the Aviation Maintenance Technology program at...

March is Free Application Fee at South Georgia Technical College.   South Georgia Technical College will be waiving application fees for high school seniors during the month of March as part of the GA Futures/Georgia Student Finance Commission’s March is “Apply to College Month.”    “This is a great opportunity for high school students graduating in May to go ahead and apply to South Georgia Technical College and have their application fee waived,” said SGTC President Dr. John...

SGTC Lady Jets Alexia Dizeko (5) and Fanta Gassama (23) were selected for GCAA All-Tournament Team.     Two members of the nationally-ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets were selected to the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) women’s Division I basketball All-Tournament team for their performance in the GCAA Division I women’s 2021 – 2022 tournament in Rome, Georgia.  The Lady Jets ended the regular season with a 26 – 6 overall record.    SGTC freshman...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (third from left) and Georgia Power’s and SGTC Board of Directors Chairman Don Porter (second from right) are shown above with individuals included in the Internship Coordination Meeting recently. Also shown are Sumter County Schools Young Farmer Coordinator Phillip Gentry, SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers, SGTC Director of Business and Industry Services, Sumter County Schools CTAE Director John Drew, and Dr....

SGTC Student of Excellence overall winner Kimberly Sadecky (left) and nominees (top row) Christianna Smith, Derrick Carson, Brandon Price, (bottom row) Sha’Brea Hicks, and Jasmine Williams.Kimberly Sadecky of Montezuma was honored recently as the Student of Excellence for February on South Georgia Technical College’s Americus campus. Sadecky studies Criminal Justice and was nominated by her instructor, Teresa McCook. “I nominated Kimberly because of all she brings to South Georgia...

Shown above are the four Jets who were named to the GCAA All-Region teams for the 2021-2022 season. They are Marvin McGhee, 10, GCAA Player of the Year; Will Johnston, 4, and Malik Battle, 1, GACC All-Region second team and Jalen Reynolds, 3, All-Defensive team.   Four members of the South Georgia Technical College Jets earned top honors as members of the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division I men’s basketball All-Region teams for the 2021 – 2022 season and helped...

Marvin McGhee (10) scored 27 points for the Jets against East Georgia State College.Swainsboro, GA - The South Georgia Technical College Jets were only six points away from winning their first Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association regular season title since 2013 – 2014, but former Jets head coach Travis Garrett and the East Georgia State College Bobcats were able to take an 86 – 81 victory over the Jets in the final regular season game of the year and force the Jets into second place...

The SGTC Lady Jets finish the GCAA conference in second place and finished second in the NJCAA Region XVII tournament finals behind the Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers.Rome, GA – The 3rd nationally ranked Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers simply overpowered the 8th ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets 67 – 56 in a battle between two nationally ranked women’s basketball powerhouses in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII tournament finals in...

SGTC’s Alexia Dizeko, 5, led the Lady Jets in scoring with 17 points in the win over Andrew College.Rome, GA – The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII tournament finals will be a battle between two nationally ranked teams.  The 3rd ranked Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers will match-up against the 8th ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets on Saturday, February 26th at 2 p.m. in Rome on Georgia Highlands home court.  This will be the seventh time in...

Former SGTC Lady Jets assistant women’s basketball coach Tomekia Reed is the only black head coach in men’s and women’s NCAA Division 1 Basketball that is undefeated in conference. She is the women’s head basketball coach at Jackson State University.Jackson, Miss.– Former South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach Tomkia Reed became the Jackson State University Head Women’s Basketball Coach in April of 2018.  She was recently highlighted by...

Pictured center is SGTC Crisp County Center Student of Excellence winner Amaya Brown with nominees Fabiola San Martin Garcia (left) and Shelby Wood. Not pictured are nominees Destiny Taylor and Santana Canady.The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Crisp County Center in Cordele recently recognized several students for outstanding work in their respective programs. Amaya Brown of Pineview, a student in the Criminal Justice program, was named the overall Student of Excellence. Brown was...