South Plains College

South Plains College
Type	Public community college
President	Robin Satterwhite
Students	9900
Location	Levelland, Texas, United States; 33°34′34″N 102°22′04″W / 33.576243°N 102.367642°W
Colors	Blue and Orange;
Mascot	Texans
Website	www.southplainscollege.edu

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 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

References

^ Texas Education Code, Section 130.198, "South PlainsCollege District Service Area".
^ "Residence Halls". South Plains College. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
^ Robb, Sharron. "RUNNER FINDS SUCCESS AFTER TROUBLED YOUTH". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

External links

Official website

[1] Texas Education Code, Section 130.198, "South PlainsCollege District Service Area".

[2] "Residence Halls". South Plains College. Retrieved June 29, 2022.

[3] Robb, Sharron. "RUNNER FINDS SUCCESS AFTER TROUBLED YOUTH". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

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