South Plains College

South Plains College

Type	Public community college
President	Robin Satterwhite
Students	9900
Location	Levelland , Texas , United States 33°34′34″N102°22′04″W / 33.576243°N 102.367642°W / 33.576243; -102.367642
Colors	Blue and Orange
Mascot	Texans
Website	www.southplainscollege.edu

South Plains College Sign Levelland Texas

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

The Texan Dome at South Plains College.

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

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.

External links

• Official website