2011-12 Season
Over the summer, competed in the U.S. Amateur at Erin Hills, advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship and tied for 20th at the Sunnehanna Amateur.
Fall: Competed in all three tournaments during the fall campaign ... Posted the third-best stroke average at 71.67 ... SDSU[apos]s No. 1 golfer at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate, tying for ninth place at 2-over 218 ... Low round of the fall at the Alister MacKenzie Invite, carding a pair of 67s en route to a 7-under 206 to tie for 12th ... One of two Aztecs to earn an invitation to the 2011 Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic in El Paso, Texas ... Tied for ninth out of the 27 golfers with a 213.
2010-11 Season
PING Third-Team All-American ... Division I PING All-West Region honoree ... All-Mountain West Conference for the second year in a row ... Two-time league golfer of the month ... Golfweek[apos]s National Player of the Week ... Finished the year with a team-low 71.62 season stroke average ... Five top-five finishes, seven top-10s and 10 in the top 20 ... Posted 10 rounds in the 60s, 19 rounds under par and nine even-par efforts.
Spring: Was No. 1 on the team for stroke average in the 11 spring events, posting a 71.06 mark ... Had a squad-best 31 of his 33 rounds count toward the team score (93.9 percent) ... Was in the top five on five occasions, in the top 10 seven times and in the top 20 in all but one event ... Top Aztec at the Battle at the Beach in mid-February, firing a 3-under 207 to take fifth ... Helped SDSU upset top-ranked UCLA at the USC Invitational with his even-par 213 to put him in seventh ... Led the contingent at the Fresno State Lexus Classic with his third-place performance for the team[apos]s second title in a row ... Runner-up at the Barona Collegiate Cup with a 6-under 210 ... Medalist at the Thunderbird Invitational for the second year in a row, joining Phil Mickelson as the only two players to win back-to-back titles in the 39-year history of the event ... Fired a 7-under 206 to win by a single stroke in Tempe ... Tied for seventh at the MW championships and returned to the same course two weeks later to tie for 16th at the NCAA regional ... Tied for third at the NCAA championships in Stillwater, Okla., posting two sub-par rounds en route to a 1-under 215 (69-71-71) ... His third-place performance was the best by an Aztec at nationals since at least 1970.
Fall: Played in all three of the Aztecs[apos] tournaments, posting a stroke average of 73.67 ... Had three even-par rounds and one effort in the 60s ... Best finish came at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate, where he tied for 26th at 8-over 224.
2009-10 Season
All-Mountain West Conference selection for the first time in his career ... Is the 10th different Aztec and fifth SDSU sophomore to garner all-league accolades ... Competed in 12 events and 35 rounds for the Aztecs ... Paced the team with 14 rounds under par and tied for the lead with eight rounds in the 60s ... His season stroke average of 72.34 trailed only Johan Carlsson ... Ranked first in count percentage with an 88.1 mark.
Fall: Helped the Aztecs finish second at the season-opening William H. Tucker Intercollegiate ... Bagged a top-20 performance with a 2-under 140 at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational.
Spring: Led the team in stroke average at 71.82 over nine events and 27 rounds played ... Ranked first on the squad for most top-five (2), top-10 (4) and top-20 (5) finishes ... Won his first individual title in dramatic fashion by chipping in on the first playoff hole at the Thunderbird Invitational in Arizona in April ... Shot a career-best 8-under 205, including a career-low 66, in the victory ... Shared the team lead at the Battle at the Beach after carding a 2-under 211 to end up 11th ... Posted consecutive rounds of 70 en route to ninth place at the Barona Collegiate Cup ... Carded three rounds in the 60s to finish in a tie for 3rd at the U.S. Intercollegiate ... MWC Player of the Month in April for the first time in his career ... Shot an even-par 213 at the MWC Championships to tie for 7th place ... Tied for 49th place at the NCAA Regionals with a 228.
2008-09 Season
Finished second on the team with a 72.59 stroke average ... His four top-10 finishes were tied for the most on the team.
Fall: One of just two players to appear in all four fall events ... Counted all three of his scores in a 14th-place finish at the Washington Husky Invitational ... Registered a 3-under 213 at the Sycuan Collegiate Invitational ... Tied for seventh individually and led the Aztecs with an 8-over 224 at the Reese Jones Invitational ... Participated in the team[apos]s second-place finish at the Turtle Bay Resort Invitational.
Spring: Led the Aztecs with a 72.15 stroke average in seven events ... Bagged three top-10 finishes ... Tied for the team[apos]s low score at the USC Collegiate with a 4-over 217 ... Led the Aztecs after day one of the Fresno State Lexus Classic ... Secured a top-10 individual performance with a 2-under 214 at the Barona Collegiate Cup ... Posted SDSU[apos]s best score at the Cowboy Classic with a 2-under 208, ending with a 68 and a 69 over the final 36 holes ... Tied for seventh with teammate Alex Kang at the MWC championships ... Tied for 48th at the NCAA West Regionals.
High School:Four-year varsity letterwinner at San Dimas High ... Four-year San Antonio League MVP ... Received his high school[apos]s 2008 Athlete of the Year Award ... Led team to four straight league titles... Had an undefeated 2008 season ... Placed in 2007 and 2008 as a CIF Southern Section finalist ... Tied for 18th as a SCGA S.S. CIF finalist in 2007 ... Broke school[apos]s home course record in 2007 with a 31 (-5) ... Broke the home course record a second time in 2008 with a 30 (-6) ... His nine hole average for 2008 was 34.1 ... Was a scholar athlete in 2006, 2007 and 2008 ... Won second place in 2008 CIF Central Regional.
Personal: John Michael Spaun, Jr., was born Aug. 21, 1990, in Los Angeles, Calif. ... Son of John and Dollie Spaun ... Also recruited by Oregon, Stanford, UCR, Fresno State and Michigan State ... Enjoys playing guitar and drums ... Is a social science major.
Spaun[apos]s SDSU Scorecard
Spring 2012SD Intercollegiate 74-75-71--220 (T-10th)North Ranch 74-71-70--215 (3rd)The Farms Invite72-72-68--212 (1st)NIT 67-66-68--201 (1st)Barona 67-67-68--202 (1st)U.S. Intercollegiate 70-76-77--223 (t-46th)Thunderbird Invite70-69-70--209 (t-8th)MW Championship 70-72-70--212 (t-9th)NCAA Regionals 70-63-65--198 (2nd)NCAA Champs 72-74-69--215 (t-13th)
Fall 2011Wm. H. Tucker 73-71-74--218 (t-9th)The Prestige 74-75-72--221 (t-58th)Alister MacKenzie 67-72-67--206 (t-12th)
Spring 2011Az. Intercollegiate71-70-77--218 (t-14th)Battle at the Beach70-69-68--207 (5th)USC Invitational 71-71-71--213 (7th)Fresno Lexus 71-68-73--212 (3rd)SD Intercollegiate 76-71-72--219 (T-11th)Barona 71-70-69--210 (T-2nd)Thunderbird Invite70-69-67--206 (1st)Western Intercollegiate72-76-73--221 (t-39th)MWC Champs 70-70-72--212 (t-7th)NCAA Regionals 74-69-69--212 (t-16th)NCAA Champs 69-75-71--215 (t-3rd)
Fall 2010Husky Invite 82-74-72--228 (t-55th)Wm. H. Tucker 78-74-72--224 (t-26th)Alister MacKenzie 71-72-68--211 (t-35th)
Spring 2010Az. Intercollegiate72-72-72--216 (t-40th)Battle at the Beach69-73-69--211 (t-11th)USC Invitational 75-76-74--225 (t-67th)Barona 70-70-75--215 (9th)Thunderbird Invite69-66-70--205 (1st)U.S. Intercollegiate69-68-69--206 (t-3rd)Aggie Invite 71-77-72--220 (t-41st)MWC Champs 71-72-70--213 (t-7th)NCAA Regionals 77-75-76--228 (t-49th)
Fall 2009Wm. H. Tucker 77-70-73--220 (t-24th)Olympia Fields 72-77-84--233 (t-59th)Alister MacKenzie 67-73--140 (t-19th)
Spring 2009USC Collegiate 71-70-76--217 (t-18th)Fresno Lexus 72-76-76--224 (t-35th)Barona 74-69-71--214 (10th)Cowboy Classic 71-68-69--208 (t-7th)Aggie Invite 72-77--149 (t-26th)MWC Champs 70-73-69--212 (t-7th)NCAA Regionals 76-74-69--219 (t-48th)
Fall 2008Husky Invite 74-75-72--221 (t-14th)Sycuan Collegiate71-68-74--213 (t-24th)Reese Jones Invite76-75-73--224 (t-7th)Turtle Bay Invite73-74-71--218 (t-42nd)