Shippensburg University Athletics

2014 (Junior): Named to the 2014 ABCA All-Atlantic Region Second Team, Daktronics All-Atlantic Region Second Team and All-PSAC Eastern Division First Team after leading the Raiders in batting average during his third season with the team…posted a .331 batting average and tied for the team lead with 53 hits…was one of just three players to start all 46 games…started 42 games at second base, two at first base and two at designated hitter…smacked four home runs and had 22 RBIs, which ranked third on the team…hit eight doubles and scored 22 runs…recorded a team-high 17 multi-hit games including four three-hit games…frequently manned the No. 3 or No. 5 spots in the batting order…hit over .400 through the first 20 games of the year…fielded at a .962 clip…struck out just 13 times in 160 at bats.…went 3-for-4 with a home run and a double, three RBIs and two runs at East Stroudsburg…doubled and scored in a 3-for-4 performance vs. Bloomsburg…went 2-for-3 with a double, RBI and run vs. IUP…doubled and drove in a run in a 2-for-3 game at California.
 
2013 (Sophomore): Continued as the team’s everyday second baseman in his second collegiate season…fourth on the team with a .328 batting average…ripped a team-best four triples and added 12 doubles as part of his 62 hits (fourth-most on the team)…scored 29 runs and drove in 32…stole seven bases…slugged at a .444 clip…had 16 multiple-hit games and eight multiple-RBI games…had a 13-game hitting streak…had five games with three or more hits…drove in three runs against Clarion and Mansfield.
 
2012 (Freshman): Second on the team among regulars with a .302 batting average in his first season…started all but one game on the season, all at second base…led the team with 189 at-bats and 57 hits, primarily batting out of the second spot in the lineup…ripped 11 doubles, two triples and a home run…recorded 18 RBIs, totaled 75 bases, walked 19 times and stole three bases…fielded at a .923 clip…led the team with 19 multiple-hit games…had five multiple-RBI games…eight-game hitting streak was the second longest on the team during the season…was named the PSAC Eastern Division Player of the Week on March 26 after continuing his hitting streak with a hit in all six games that week, capped off with a game-winning RBI double at Millersville.
 
Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School: Totaled four letters with the Wildcats under head coach Clay McAllister…was a career .398 hitter with 109 hits, 83 RBI, six home runs and 66 runs scored in 274 at-bats…named Mid Penn Keystone Division Co-MVP…earned spots on Carlisle Sentinel First Team and Harrisburg Patriot-News “Big 11” Team…played club ball with PA Select, coached by Randy Gibson…honor roll student…also played basketball.
 
About Spanos: Full name is James John Spanos…is the son of John and Julie Spanos…majoring in finance…has a brother, Andrew…his mother, Julie, attended Shippensburg.