SGTC Jets sign Webster County’s Keundre Campbell for 2020-2021 season

July 6, 2020
Webster County graduate Keundre Campbell (seated center) has signed a full-scholarship with the South Georgia Technical College Jets for the 2020 – 2021 season. Shown above seated (center) is Keundre Campbell with his father (left) Robert Campbell and his mother, (right) Debbie Merrit. Shown standing left to right are WCHS Assistant Coach Diane Thomas and WCHS Head Coach Keeyon Battle.
Webster County graduate Keundre Campbell (seated center) has signed a full-scholarship with the South Georgia Technical College Jets for the 2020 – 2021 season. Shown above seated (center) is Keundre Campbell with his father (left) Robert Campbell and his mother, (right) Debbie Merrit. Shown standing left to right are WCHS Assistant Coach Diane Thomas and WCHS Head Coach Keeyon Battle.

    South Georgia Technical College has signed 2020 Webster County High School graduate Keundre Campbell to a full scholarship to play for the Jets basketball team for the 2020-2021 season, said SGTC Athletic Director James Frey.

   In spite of playing at one of the smallest schools in the state, there aren’t many things recent Webster County High School graduate Keundre Campbell didn’t accomplish on the basketball court.  And now he is continuing his education and basketball career at South Georgia Technical College.

   Keundre Campbell was ranked 28th in the nation in scoring in the Final 2019 – 2020 MaxPreps Top 50 high school boys’ basketball scoring leaders poll.  Of the 50 players highlighted, 31 were seniors, 11 were juniors and four each were sophomores and freshmen.  They were from 22 different states and Campbell was the only player from Georgia listed.

   Campbell averaged 30.8 points per game and 10.7 rebounds per game his senior season.  He finished his high school career with 2,187 points.  He was also the Region 1A Offensive Player of the Year for three years in a row and was selected to the first team All-Region team, four years in a row.

    The 6’3”, 195-pound point guard and shooting guard was also selected as the Sandy Spiel’s Class A Freshman of the Year in 2017, the GACA All-State Team, the GACA All-Star Team, Team MVP, and led Class A and all classifications in scoring.

   Campbell said he selected South Georgia Technical College for several reasons.  “They have a good support system and it’s a great school as far as academics and athletics and it’s also close to home,” said Campbell.

    And while he’s looking forward to the next chapter of his life, he will never forget his time at Webster County High School.  “I enjoyed the new experiences every year, the support system, my teammates, my coach, the adversities, my friends and the first game of the season feeling in the fall,” he said.

   WCHS Head Coach Demairs Keeyon Battle who recently was named as the new basketball coach at Chattahoochee County High, expects Campbell to soar as a Jet. “This student-athlete has also earned a 3.0 GPA in the classroom while being humble and working hard,” said Battle.  “His is your model student-athlete, starting with being very coachable.”

    “We are excited to have Campbell sign with the Jets,” said South Georgia Technical College Assistant Men’s basketball coach Chris Ballauer.  “He was an awesome shooter in high school and we believe that he will be able to do the same thing at this next level.”

   The Jets finished the 2019 – 2020 season in 7th place in the Georgia Intercollegiate Athletic Association and were 13 – 18 overall under head coach Travis Garrett.  They advanced to the NJCAA Region XVII playoffs but were eliminated by Georgia Highlands in the NJCAA Region XVII quarterfinals, 81-69.

   Coach Garrett signed Campbell to the full scholarship.  Garrett led the Jets to a 75 – 80 overall record in his five years as head coach of the program.  The Jets finished in the NJCAA Region XVII tournament twice and advanced to the quarterfinal round three times in those five years.