Founded in 1934, the STCJA is comprised of 62 counties.
The 2026-27 officers for this region are:
President Mark Gillespie
Atascosa County Commissioner
First Vice President David Garza
Cameron County Commissioner
Second Vice President Keith Lutz
Medina County Judge
Immediate Past President Pete Trevino Jr.
Jim Wells County Judge
The 2026 Scholarship Application is available here.
The following counties make up the South Region:
| Aransas Atascosa Austin Bastrop Bee Bexar Blanco Brooks Burleson Burnet Caldwell Calhoun Cameron Chambers Colorado Comal |
De Witt Dimmit Duval Edwards Fayette Fort Bend Frio Goliad Gonzales Guadalupe Harris Hays Hidalgo Jackson Jim Hogg Jim Wells |
Karnes Kendall Kenedy Kinney Kleberg La Salle Lavaca Live Oak Matagorda Maverick McMullen Medina Nueces Real Refugio San Patricio |
Starr Travis Uvalde Val Verde Victoria Waller Washington Webb Wharton Willacy Williamson Wilson Zapata Zavala |