South Plains College (SPC) is a

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Levelland, Texas Levelland is a city in Hockley County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 12,652, down from 13,542 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Hockley County. It is located on the Llano Estacado, west ...

. It operates satellite branches in Plainview, at the

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, formerly Reese Air Force Base, in western Lubbock, and the Lubbock Center near central Lubbock. SPC also has many classes in the Byron Martin Advanced Technology Center in Lubbock as part of a joint venture with the

Lubbock Independent School District Lubbock Independent School District was established in 1907. Accredited by the Texas Education Agency, Lubbock ISD is the largest school district that serves the city of Lubbock, Texas (USA). The Lubbock Independent School District covers and ...

. SPC has distance-education centers located in Muleshoe, Littlefield, and Denver City. In addition to its distance-education programs, the college also provides online ( distance-education) courses to its students, as well as dual-credit courses to high schools in the

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area.

Service area

As defined by the

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, the official service area of South Plains College is: *The

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*All of Bailey, Lamb, Hale, Floyd,

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, Cochran, Hockley, Lubbock, Crosby, Yoakum, Terry, Lynn, and Garza Counties *All of Gaines County, excluding the portion within the

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Campus

The Levelland Campus has twelve dormitories for students. The total collective capacity is 774 occupants.

Athletics

Texan Dome at South Plains College Levelland Texas 2019

South Plains College plays as part of the

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in athletics. It is also part of the

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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

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and online.

Notable alumni

Rondell Bartholomew Rondell Bartholomew (born 7 April 1990) is a Grenadian track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. He has represented his country at two World Championships in Athletics and was a 400 m world finalist in 2011. His person ...

, sprinter *

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singer * Stanton Kidd, professional basketball player in the Japanese B.League *

Philemon Hanneck Phillimon Hanneck (born 12 May 1971 in Salisbury, Rhodesia – now Harare, Zimbabwe) is a long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres. He originally represented Zimbabwe changed nationality in 1999 to the United States. He won a s ...

, Olympian, middle distance 1500 meters and 5000 meters * Tranel Hawkins, Olympic track and field athlete * Mbarak Hussein, distance runner * Fred Kerley, track sprinter, seventh-fastest man at

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* 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 (

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) * Renaldo Major, NBA player * Bo Outlaw, NBA player *

Renny Quow Renny Quow (born 25 August 1987) is a Trinidadian male track and field sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres and has made it to both the Olympic and World Finals in the event, a rare feat for athletes from the Caribbean in the 400m. He compe ...

, Olympian, sprinter *

Sheryl Swoopes Sheryl Denise Swoopes (born March 25, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA, is a three-time WNBA MVP, and was named one of the league's Top 15 Players of All Time at the 201 ...

, championship basketball player for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, WNBA player * LaToy Williams, sprinter * Lee Ann Womack, Country singer

References

External links

Official website
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