Spaulding went to Notre Dame High School in Elmira, New York, where he graduated before going to Syracuse University.
[1] While studying at the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse, Spaulding worked as a sports director for WAER and also hosted a talk-show as well as play-by-play announcing for high school and women's college sports at WJPZ-FM.
[1][3] After graduating from Syracuse in 2013, he became a play-by-play announced for the Dayton Dragons minor league baseball team and eventually join the Ivy League Digital Network where he would do play-by-play commentary for Harvard and Northwestern University.
Much of his commentary with NBC Sports during the Olympics include track-and-field, speed skating, ski jumping, and others.
[5] On August 11, 2022, the MSG Network announced that Spaulding would join the network as a play-by-play announcer for the New Jersey Devils, replacing the outgoing Steve Cangialosi who did play-by-play for the Devils for eleven seasons.