South Plains College Explained
South Plains College (SPC) is a public community college in Levelland, Texas. It also has five locations in Plainview, at the Reese Technology Center, formerly Reese Air Force Base, in western Lubbock, and the Lubbock Downtown Center and the Career and Technical Center.
SPC has offers many classes virtually.
Service area
As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of South Plains College is:[1]
- The Whiteface Consolidated Independent School District
- All of Bailey, Lamb, Hale, Floyd, Motley, Cochran, Hockley, Lubbock, Crosby, Yoakum, Terry, Lynn, and Garza Counties
- All of Gaines County, excluding the portion within the Seminole Independent School District
Campus
The Levelland Campus has twelve dormitories for students. The total collective capacity is 774 occupants.[2]
Athletics
South Plains College plays as part of the Western Junior College Athletic Conference in athletics. It is also part of the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 5. The school participates in men's and women's basketball, cheerleading, cross-country, track and field, and rodeo. All the men's and women's basketball games are broadcast as part of the High Plains Radio Network under HPRN Sports on KLVT and online.
Notable alumni
- Rondell Bartholomew, sprinter
- Robert Dunning (born 1997), American hurdler
- Waylon Jennings, Country music singer
- Stanton Kidd, professional basketball player in the Japanese B.League
- Philemon Hanneck, Olympian, middle distance 1500 meters and 5000 meters[3]
- Tranel Hawkins, Olympic track and field athlete
- Mbarak Hussein, distance runner
- Fred Kerley, track sprinter, seventh-fastest man at 400 meters
- Sally Kipyego, championship runner for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, first Kenyan woman to win an NCAA cross-country individual championship
- Natalie Maines, Country singer (Dixie Chicks)
- Renaldo Major, NBA player
- Bo Outlaw, NBA player
- Renny Quow, Olympian, sprinter
- Sheryl Swoopes, championship basketball player for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, WNBA player
- LaToy Williams, sprinter
- Lee Ann Womack, Country singer
External links
Notes and References
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm Texas Education Code, Section 130.198, "South PlainsCollege District Service Area".
- Web site: Residence Halls. South Plains College. 2022-06-29.
- Web site: Robb . Sharron . RUNNER FINDS SUCCESS AFTER TROUBLED YOUTH . Sun Sentinel . 23 February 2021.
