its home games at Stan Galle Field ("The Pit"), the oldest continually used college baseball field in the country. Notable baseball alumni include Blake Stein, former pitcher for the Oakland Athletics and Kansas City Royals, and Jim Hendry, former general manager of the Chicago Cubs. Rugby Spring Hill moved its college rugby program to varsity sport status under the athletic department to provide more resources and to help boost admissions to the college in 2012. In 2018, the college reassigned the men's and women's rugby teams to club sport status. Spring Hill rugby competes in the small college division. Sailing Spring Hill College won a national championship in sailing in 1986, the North American Intercollegiate Sloop Championship. Notable people See List of notable faculty and alumni of Spring Hill College See also List of Jesuit sites References External links Official athletics website Universities and colleges in Mobile, Alabama Educational institutions established in 1830 Jesuit New Orleans Province Jesuit universities and colleges in the United States Universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Catholic universities and colleges in Alabama 1830 establishments in Alabama