Lady Jets News

Synovus’ Tracy Hagerson (left) is shown above presenting Mary Cross with a donation from Synovus for being selected as the South Georgia Technical College 2025 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year.    South Georgia Technical College Marketing Instructor Mary Cross was presented with a check from Synovus in Americus recently after she was selected as the SGTC Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year for 2025.       Each year Synovus or the former SB&T branch presents the winner of the South...

Americus Rotary Club President Jaye Anderson is shown above with TCSG Commissioner Greg Dozier and SGTC President Dr. John Watford.   Technical College System of Georgia Commissioner Greg Dozier was the guest speaker at the Americus Rotary Club which met on the South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) campus recently.  SGTC President Dr. John Watford introduced Commissioner Dozier.     Americus Rotary Club President Jaye Anderson welcomed members and guests to the meeting and thanked TCSG...

Jamiah Gregory, 23, was selected as the GCAA Player of the Week for Division I for the week of January 6, 2025.   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets had their fourth player selected for the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division 1 Women’s Basketball Player of the Week honors. Freshman guard Jamiah Gregory of Marietta, GA was named GCAA Player of the Week for January 6 following SGTC’s first conference win over Albany Tech.    Gregory is 5’10” and this is...

Mandy Reeves Young (left) and Allene Reeves (right) are shown above presenting Mary Cross (center) with a check for being named the SGTC 2025 Instructor of the Year.     South Georgia Technical College’s Marketing Instructor Mary Cross was recognized by SGTC President Emeritus Sparky Reeves’ family recently after she was named the SGTC 2025 Outstanding Instructor of the Year.  The late Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, established an endowed fund with the South Georgia Technical...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced the college’s President’s List for the fall semester, which included over 90 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: Coweta County: Daniel Caldwell of...

Jamiah Gregory, 23, and Vaughn Prosser, 14, were the top scorers for the Lady Jets and Jets against Central Georgia Technical College.Macon, GA - The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved to 2 – 0 in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference and remained in the top spot after securing a 93 – 55 decision over the Central Georgia Technical College Lady Titans in Macon as part of a double-header Wednesday.  The win moved Lady Jets head coach Jason Carpenter and...

SGTC marketing management instructor Mary Cross was recently honored as the 2025 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year for South Georgia Technical College.SGTC President Dr. John Watford (left) presents the Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year Award to marketing management instructor Mary Cross.South Georgia Technical College marketing management instructor Mary Cross was named the 2025 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year during a recent breakfast ceremony in the John M. Pope Industrial...

Hendrens Bartelus, 1, was the top scorer for the Jets in their loss to Chipola. He was also one of the leading scorers in the loss to Northwest Florida State College.   The South Georgia Technical College Jets continued to struggle in the opening part of the 2024 – 2025 basketball season in a very difficult non-conference schedule that saw them lose to the 13th nationally ranked Northwest Florida State College in a tournament in Florida and then to the 14th ranked Chipola College Indians...

Jamiah Gregory, 23, led the Lady Jets against Albany Tech with 17 points and also had 16 points in the match-up against Chipola.Albany, GA – The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets opened the 2024 – 2025 Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Conference season with an impressive 66 – 51 victory over the Albany Tech Lady Titans in Albany over the weekend to move to 1 – 0 in the conference and 10 – 5 on the season.    South Georgia Technical College and Central Georgia...

The SGTC Jets have struggled in the first part of the 2024 – 2025 season.Panama City, FL -   The South Georgia Technical College Jets lost their seven consecutive decision when they suffered a 95 – 47 defeat at the hands of the Gulf Coast State College Commodores in the first round of the Gulf State College Classic men’s basketball tournament.    The Jets are now 1 – 11 on the season and will face another uphill battle today when they take on 13th ranked Northwest Florida at 3 p.m....

Jamiah Gregory, 23, was the top scorer for the Lady Jets in the upset victory over Eastern Florida with 21 points.   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets upset the nationally ranked Eastern Florida Lady Titans 71 – 62 in overtime in the second round of the SGTC Lady Jets Holiday Classic women’s basketball tournament Sunday night.    Eastern Florida was 10 – 2 on the season and ranked 23rd in the nation.  They outscored the Lady Jets 25 – 20 in the first half, but a strong...

Jamiah Gregory, 23, was the top scorer for the Lady Jets against St. Petersburg with 18 points.   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets opened the Lady Jets Holiday Classic basketball tournament with an impressive come-from behind 80 – 74 victory over the St. Petersburg College Lady Titans to move to 8 – 4 on the season.  St. Petersburg fell to 1 – 14.   Poor shooting from the free-throw line and the three-point line caused the Lady Jets to trail 38 – 35 at the end of the...