Lady Jets News

South Georgia Tech Jet Andre Kennedy, 1, and Lady Jets’ Shaineequah Fluellyn, 32, and Esther Adenike, 24, were named to All-Region and All-Tournament teams recently.Sophomore forward Andre Kennedy of Albany was the only member of the South Georgia Technical College Jets 2016 – 2017 basketball team to be included in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division I Men’s basketball All-Region team recently. He joined Lady Jets Shaineequah Fluellyn, Esther Adenike, Desiree...

Sophomore Pat Welch, 15, sank the winning three-point basket with 6.8 seconds to allow the South Georgia Technical College Jets to upset the second seeded Gordon College Highlanders in the first round of the NJCAA Region XVII tournament in Barnesville.BARNESVILLE, GA - South Georgia Technical College sophomore guard Pat Welch from Pembroke, NH, drained a three-point shot with 6.8 seconds remaining in the game to lift the seventh-ranked Jets to a 76 – 74 upset victory over the second seeded...

SGTC faculty and staff members recently took the opportunity to speak to Webster County High School students at their College and Career Fair about SGTC program offerings and future career opportunities. SGTC Criminal Justice Technology instructor, Teresa McCook, is pictured talking to students about careers in law enforcement. South Georgia Technical College instructors and staff members recently spoke with students at the Webster County High School College and Career Day about the Move On...

NTHS member Maria Rivera (center) is pictured with NTHS Advisors Kari Bodrey (left) and Katrice Taylor (right) and some of the books that were collected during Book Recycling Week. The books were donated to Keep Crisp Beautiful. South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) members coordinated an effort to “save” books by having a Book Recycling Week in February. “Books can’t usually be recycled with other paper recycling because of...

Matt Lane of SafeAire recently spoke to SGTC students in Glynn Cobb’s Air Conditioning Technology class about what it’s like to work in the heating and air industry. South Georgia Technical College’s Air Conditioning Technology class recently had Matt Lane, Sales Manager of SafeAire, come and speak with students. He spoke to instructor Glynn Cobb’s class about how rewarding a career in the HVAC field could be for them and what kinds of jobs they could apply for after graduation from...

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Americus, GA - Sophomore guard Shaineequah Fluellyn scored 32 points to lead the nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII Championship Saturday in a narrow 65 – 63 victory over former Lady Jets head coach Brandan Harrell and his Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers from Rome, GA. This is the fourth consecutive time that the Lady Jets have been in the championship game under head coach James Frey in his...

Shermel McClusterName: Shermel McCluster High School: Americus Sumter High School South Campus MOWR Program: Criminal Justice Technology (Associate’s Degree) Advisor: Teresa McCook Total MOWR savings: $6,496 Shermel has taken full advantage of her opportunities with the Move On When Ready program at South Georgia Technical College, securing an internship with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office in Americus and soaring to the top of her class. Her advisor, Teresa McCook, nominated her...

Shown above (l to r) are South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford, John Deere Division Customer Support Manager Bob Cunningham, John Deere College Partnerships Manager Jennifer Badding, South Georgia Technical College Agricultural Technology Instructors Matthew Burks and Wayne Peck, SGTC Dean of Academic Affairs Dr. David Finley, and Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers. They were ready to greet the prospective students and their parents at the John Deere...

The Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association’s 2017 regular season champion South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved up to 16th place in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball final Top 25 poll released February 28th. South Georgia Tech was in the 20th place spot last week and is still the only Georgia women’s team included in the NJCAA Division I national rankings. This is their highest ranking this season nationally. The Lady Jets...

Trakyra Kidd, 23, was the top scorer for the Lady Jets against Albany Tech in the NJCAA Region XVII first round tournament action with 23 points.The top ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets captured an impressive 76 – 43 victory over the eighth place Albany Technical College Lady Titans Tuesday in the first round of the National Junior College Athletic Association Region XVII Division I women’s basketball tournament. As the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA)...

Lou Crouch is shown above in his “Back the Blue” t-shirt. He has been backing the blue for over four years at South Georgia Technical College through his endowed scholarship opportunities.Lou Crouch of Bryon endowed a new South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Law Enforcement Academy scholarship in memory of Peach County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Patrick Sondron and Daryl Smallwood. The two deputies died in the line of duty in November 2016. The first SGTC Sondron-Smallwood Law...