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2008-09: Third-place finisher at the Big 12 Championships fell just one win shy of earning All-America status at the NCAA Championships ... Compiled a 22-9 overall record that included a 13-5 mark in dual competition and seven wins over ranked opponents ... First-team academic all-Big 12 honoree for the third straight year ... Began the season as the starter at 157 pounds, but jumped two weight classes to take over the starting position at 174 pounds ... Saw his first 174-pound action at the Virginia Duals and started every dual at his new weight class from then on ... Claimed three wins at the NCAA Championships, knocking off Ohio State's Dave Rella, Old Dominion's Eric Decker and Navy's Luke Rebertus ... Handed No. 8 Jeff James of Oklahoma a 2-1 defeat in the tiebreak period as part of the Cowboys' 27-6 Bedlam Series win over the Sooners in Stillwater ... Was a 6-5 winner over 14th-ranked 157-pounder Shane Vernon of Oklahoma in the Bedlam Series matchup in Norman ... Was a 5-2 winner over No. 8 Duke Burk of Iowa State in Ames ... Won nine of his first 10 bouts to start the season.
2007-08: Owned a 23-11 record and an 8-6 mark in duals ... Won five matches by fall and two by major decision ... NWCA all-academic team honoree to go with first-team academic all-Big 12 accolades ... NCAA qualifier claimed a 2-0 win over Millersville's Jarrett Hostetter in the first round before being bumped into the wrestleback with a narrow 3-2 loss at the hands of second-seeded Mike Poeta of Illinois ... Beat Navy's Spencer Manley, 4-2 in his first wrestleback match, but was eliminated when he lost a 3-2 decision to seventh-seeded Cyler Sanderson of Iowa State ... Took third at the Big 12 Championship despite entering the event seeded fifth ... Pinned Nebraska's Chris Oliver in 1:32 in the pigtail round before losing in sudden victory to No. 12 Michael Chandler of Missouri in the semifinals ... Bounced back to hand Oliver a 7-1 beating in the third-place bout to punch his ticket to the NCAA Championship ... Third-place finisher at the Reno Tournament of Champions, where he knocked off No. 14 Josh Zupancic of Stanford with a 3-0 decision in the third-place match ... Defeated his second consecutive ranked opponent when he claimed a 4-2 win over No. 19 Ryan Morningstar of Iowa as part of the Cowboys' 19-14 win over the top-ranked Hawkeyes in Iowa City ... Started the season by winning four of his first five matches at the Central Missouri Open ... Finished as the runner-up at that event after losing in overtime to Stanford's sixth-ranked Josh Zupancic in the title bout ... Won each of his four bouts at the Northeast Duals, picking up two wins by fall and one by major decision ... His 6-1 win over Oklahoma's Chad Terry helped lift the Cowboys to a 21-9 Bedlam Series win over the Sooners in Stillwater ... Lost 11 matches on the year, all of which came at the hands of ranked opposition.
2006-07: NCAA qualifier as a redshirt sophomore ... Lost his two matches at NCAAs, dropping a 7-3 decision to No. 2 Brian Stith of Arizona State and a 5-2 decision to Purdue's Jacob Murphy ... First-team academic all-Big 12 honoree ... Compiled a 17-18 overall record to go with a 9-10 mark in dual meets ... Faced a difficult schedule, going toe-to-toe against ranked opponents in 11 of 14 matches during one stretch of the season ... Claimed a 5-4 win over No. 15 Will Rowe of Oklahoma in a Bedlam Series dual in Stillwater ... Edged No. 15 Ryan Morningstar of Iowa by a 2-0 margin in a regular season dual in Stillwater ... Claimed five wins by fall and an additional five wins by major decision.
2005-06: Strung together a 20-6 record on the season wrestling primarily in open tournaments ... Went 3-2 at the Kaufman-Brand Open to open the season, losing to third-ranked Trent Paulson of Iowa State and eighth-ranked C.P. Schlatter of Minnesota ... Runner-up at the Oklahoma Open ... Took third at the FHSU-Bob Smith Open by winning six consecutive matches ... Third-place finisher at the Reno Tournament of Champions, where he avenged a loss to No. 13 Nathan Galloway of Penn State ... Wrestled in one dual, losing to Kurt Gross of Kent State in the opening round of the National Duals ... Recorded six falls and three majors on the season.
2004-05 (Redshirt Year): Compiled a 16-3 record wrestling in open tournaments during his redshirt season ... Lost in the finals of the Under 20 Division at the Kaufman-Brand Open ... Won a tournament title at the Oklahoma Open.
High School: Attended Vinita HS in Vinita, Okla., where he was coached by Bobby Miller ... Two-time state champion ... Took second at the 2004 Freestyle Junior Nationals ... Owned a 144-17 record in high school ... Named to Wrestling USA Magazine's All-America Academic Team ... Outstanding Wrestler at the Reno Tournament of Champions.
Personal: Newly McSpadden was born Jan. 4, 1986 in Vinita, Okla. ... Son of Donna Osman and Denny McSpadden ... Has two brothers, Guthrie and Tater ... Father is a bull rider ... Graduated with a degree in applied sociology and is working toward a master's degree in sociology.
McSpadden Capsule
Year Overall Dual vs. Ranked Fall MD TF Quick
2004-05 Redshirted
2005-06 20-6 0-1 1-3 6 3 0 2:38
2006-07 17-18 9-10 2-11 5 5 0 1:29
2007-08 23-11 8-6 2-11 5 2 0 1:02
2008-09 22-9 13-5 7-9 6 0 0 0:36
Career 82-44 30-22 12-34 22 10 0 0:36
