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Spring Hill College is a private, co-educational Roman Catholic college in the United States. It was founded in 1836 on the Gulf Coast in Mobile, Alabama by the Michael Portier of the Society of Jesus. It was the first Catholic college in the southeast, fifth oldest Catholic college in the United States and third oldest of the 28 member Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Over 1400 students study at Spring Hill College each year of which over 77% are from outside the Alabama state limits.

1 Athletics

Spring Hill College competes in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference as the Spring Hill College Badgers. Men and women Spring Hill College Badgers field teams in baseball, basketball, cross-country, golf, soccer, softballSoftball is a team sport for two teams in which the object is to score runs by advancing around a circuit of four bases, known as a "diamond". It is a direct descendant of baseball, (sometimes referred to as "hardball" to differentiate the two) but differ, swimmingSwimming is the method by which humans (or other animals) move themselves through water. Swimming is a popular recreational activity, particularly in hot countries and in areas with natural watercourses. Swimming is also a competitive sport. There are man, tennisTennis is a racquet sport played between either two players ("singles") or two teams of two players ("doubles"). It is officially called lawn tennis to distinguish it from real tennis (also known as royal tennis or court tennis , an older form of the game and volleyballVolleyball is a popular sport where teams separated by a high net hit a ball back and forth between the teams using the hands and arms. It was created in the United States and is now played around the world. It is particularly popular in East Asia, includ.

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