2016: Named a third-team All-America selection at center by The Associated Press ... named the winner of the 2016 FCS Rimington Award, which is given to the top center in the FCS ... Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association (FCS ADA) Academic All-Star Team honoree ... All-Missouri Valley Football Conference First-Team selection at center for the second year in a row, making him the first Redbird offensive lineman to earn back-to-back first-team plaudits since Isaiah Wiggins repeated in 2006-07 ... MVFC All-Academic Second-Team pick ... finished  Illinois State career by helping lead the team to its third-straight trip to the FCS playoffs ... started all 12 games for the Redbirds, who ranked No. 6 in the MVFC in total offense (390.1 yards per game) ...  named MVFC Offensive Lineman of the Week, following a great performance in a win over South Dakota State (Oct. 29) ... selected  as one of three captains in a vote by his teammates for the season.
2015: Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association (FCS ADA) Academic All-Star Team honoree ... All-Missouri Valley Football Conference First-Team selection at center ... MVFC All-Academic Second-Team pick ...started all 13 games at center for the Redbirds, who advanced to the FCS quarterfinals for the third time in the last four seasons ...  key member of the offensive line unit which led the way for First-Team All-American and two-time MVFC Offensive Player of the Year Marshaun Coprich, who led the MVFC in rushing yards (1,967), touchdowns (23), yards per game (151.3), all-purpose yards per game (166.4) and scoring (11.2) ... named MVFC Offensive Lineman of the Week on Oct. 24, after helping Coprich rush for 206 yards and two touchdowns against Western Illinois.
2014: MVFC All-Academic Team honorable-mention selection ... started all 15 games at center … key member of the offensive line unit that led the way for Marshaun Coprich, who led the FCS and the MVFC in rushing yards (2,274) and rushing touchdowns (27) ... also aided Coprich in rushing for over 100 yards in 14 out of 15 games, setting a school and league mark for consecutive 100-plus yard games to start a season.
2013: Played in six games, with two starts at center.
2012: Redshirted.
Marquette University HS: Three-year starter for head coach Jeff Mazurczak ... named Associated Press First-Team All-State honoree as a senior ... also garnered first-team all-region and all-area plaudits ... was tabbed as the conference lineman of the year and earned first-team all-conference honors ... helped team to the semi-finals of the Wisconsin state playoffs and was a team captain as a junior in 2010 ... named a first-team all-conference selection on the offensive line ... starter for the state championship team as a sophomore ... also a standout in track and field and powerlifting.
Personal: Born November 2, 1993, in Waukesha, Wis. ... son of Casey and Beth Spelman ... has two siblings, Matt and Jenn.
