Mount Saint Joseph College (commonly MSJ or Mount Saint Joe) is a Catholic college preparatory school and secondary school / high school for young men from ninth to twelfth grade sponsored by the Xaverian Brothers and founded in 1876. It is located within the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland. Extracurricular activities School colors and mascot The school colors are purple and cream. The mascot of the Mount is the Gael. Sports Mount Saint Joseph plays most of its sports including wrestling, football, rugby, soccer, volleyball, basketball, baseball, lacrosse, mountain biking, water polo and tennis in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) “A” Conference against other Catholic and private schools. The basketball team competes in both the MIAA and the Baltimore Catholic League. The most success has come from the wrestling program, whose varsity team has over 30 state championships and 9 national championships. The basketball team won the Baltimore Catholic League in 2012/13. Clubs and activities Mount Saint Joseph sponsors many student-inspired clubs such as chain-mail club, the Beatles club, Think Tank, the anime club, the video game club, and an It's Academic team, which won the Baltimore Catholic League in 2001 2007, 2008 and 2013. There is also a chapter of the National Honor Society, as well as an ACE Mentoring program for aspiring engineers. In recent years, the school has begun a Model United Nations team, and has participated in the National History Bee and Bowl since its inauguration in 2010, with at least one of its teams advancing to the national tournament every year. The Drama Club partners up with the local Catholic all-girls school, Mount de Sales Academy to perform two shows each year: a play in the fall and a musical in the spring. Notable alumni Gordon England (1955) - United States Deputy Secretary of Defense and two-time Secretary of the Navy Tom Phoebus (1960) - professional baseball player during the 1960s and 1970s Emory Elliott (1960) - Professor of American literature and advocate for expanding the literary canon to include a more diverse range of voices. Kurt Seibert (1974) - professional baseball player, second baseman for the Chicago Cubs James A. Watson (1974) - Rear Admiral James Watson, United States Coast Guard, Atlantic Area Command Larry Collmus (1984) - Triple Crown races caller for NBC Sports Jim Schwartz (1984) - Senior Defensive Assistant for the Tennessee Titans. Former Head Coach of the Detroit Lions (2009-2013).