2020-21: To be added ...
2019-20: Compiled a 1-4 record while wrestling unattached ... competed in two tournaments ... recorded 3-1 victory over Bubba Wilson
2018-19: Competed at 157 and 174 pounds for the Badgers ... started in eight duals, three at 157 pounds and five at 174 pounds ... picked up a dual win over Kent State with a first period pin ... recorded one pin and one major decision
2017-18: Started in the dual against Maryland ... picked up an 8-6 decision victory over the Terrapins' Peter Tedesco ... placed second in the Willie Myers Open at 149 pounds, going 3-0
2016-17: Compiled a 17-9 record while wrestling unattached ... tallied five pins and three major decisions ... competed in five tournaments.
High School: Three-time Conference champion at Lincoln High School ... four-time Regional and Sectional champion ... State runner-up as a sophomore ... led the team in takedowns for three years ... 186-27 career record ... also wrestled for Team Wisconsin Schoolboy National Dual Team and Team Wisconsin Cadet National Dual team ... coached by Scott Benitz and Tim Spray ... Member of the Student Council, DECA and the National Honors Society ... four-time Academic All-Conference and Academic All-State
Personal: Parents are Tim and Jessica Spray ... has one sister, Paige and two brothers, Preston and Peyton.
Why Wisconsin?
"I chose to attend the University of Wisconsin because I have always wanted to wrestle in the Big Ten. With my family only a few hours away, I thought that it would be the perfect match for me. I also fell in love with the campus. It is honestly a beautiful college campus and I could not imagine it getting any better than this."
Off the Mat
- Where is your favorite place on campus? Memorial Union
- Where is your favorite place to eat on campus? Bel Air Cantina
- What is something interesting you did this past summer? Hiked at Devil’s Lake a couple times
- Where is your go-to study spot? My room
- What has been your favorite UW class so far? Human Development and Family Studies Parent Child Relations
- What is your major? Human Development and Family Studies
- What are your post-college plans? Master's program in Special Education
- Who is your favorite school to wrestle against? Any Big Ten Team
- What is your best wrestling memory? My First Varsity match in 2018 against Maryland and getting a win.
- Where is your favorite place to wrestle? At our UW Fieldhouse
- When did you begin wrestling? When I was 5 years old
- What is your favorite thing about Wisconsin wrestling? The team camaraderie that we have.
- What is something you do before every match? I Pray before every match
- What is one word that describes this team? Resilient
- My teammates say that I am: Committed
- My favorite thing to do off the mat with my teammates is: Go to the lake
- Favorite Coach Bono saying? “Hustle, effort, attitude”
- What is your dream as a collegiate wrestler? My dream is to be an All American
- If you could play for any other Wisconsin sports team, what sport would you choose? Football
- What is your favorite song to sing in the car? Save your tears by the Weekend
- What is your favorite sports team? Indianapolis Colts
- What other sports did you play growing up? Football, baseball, little bit of soccer
