The St. John Stadium - Charles Wade-John Lott Field has given the Chanticleers a distinct home-field advantage over the years and continues to be one of the top playing surfaces in the Sun Belt Conference and in the region. The Coastal softball program has won over 60 percent of its home contests on the field and have played host to perennial national powers Illinois, LSU, North Carolina, N.C. State, South Carolina, Kansas, DePaul, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, Michigan State and Georgia Tech.
The field is one of the best in the region with the outfield fence dimensions 200 feet in left, center and right field.
In 1999, the facility got the first of many updates with the addition of lights to the field. The second upgrade to the facility came in 2001-02 when new brick dugouts and a press box were added to complement the playing surface. In 2005, Coastal added permanent teal seats with backs for more comfort for all fans to enjoy the game. Prior to the 2008 season, a Daktronics scoreboard was unveiled behind the right-field fence that features inning-by-inning score lines, as well as a message board.
The latest renovation, part of the $10.2 million project that also expanded the Springs Brooks Stadium baseball facility, was completed in 2014. It included the construction of the multi-level building that now serves as softball's headquarters with coaches offices and the team locker room. A press area that includes radio and television booths is located on the second level of the facility, which also features a concession stand, restrooms, team meeting rooms and an athletic training room. The renovation also expanded the grandstands to a capacity of 500 and established several standing room areas along the first and third-base lines and in the outfield. The renovations also saw the installment of batting cages and bullpens for practice and warm up behind the outfield fence.
Heather and Christopher St. John are both Coastal Carolina graduates and regularly attend CCU athletic events. The avid Chanticleer fans also are generous benefactors of their alma mater. Their financial support impacts the campus both athletically and academically.
In recognition of their recent major financial gift to the CAF, the Chanticleers' softball stadium was officially named St. John Stadium during a dedication ceremony in the spring of 2019. It marks the first-ever major donation made in support of women's athletics at CCU. The couple also have an endowed scholarship in memory of their first son together, William, who died of Trisomy 13 Syndrome before he was born. The William Abel St. John Scholarship will support students majoring in accounting or finance in CCU's E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration.
