During his four-year career, Spring garnered three Big Ten Championships with titles on parallel bars and all-around in 2006 and on the floor exercise in 2004.

In addition, he carded five total All-America honors with a second-place finish in all-around, third on floor exercise, and fourth on vault.

Along with his individual honors, Spring helped the Illini to runner-up finishes at the 2006 NCAA and Big Ten Championships.

The finish at NCAAs came half a point shy of team-champion Oklahoma, and just short of the Orange and Blue's 10th national title.

The Illini gymnast finished fourth on the horizontal bar at the 2004 Visa U.S. Championships with scores of 9.600 and 9.650 in the two-day format, and competed for Team USA at the 2003 World University Games in Daegu, South Korea, advancing to the finals on floor.

His high-flying horizontal bar routine in team finals was particularly impressive and included a stuck triple-back dismount and scored 15.675.

Spring, one of the Illinois's most talented gymnasts, finished his competitive career in 2006, and since then he has led the Orange and Blue to Big Ten and NCAA Championship titles in his role as head coach.

In one season as associate head coach, Spring led Illinois to its second-straight Big Ten team title and a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships.

Spring was promoted to associate head coach following the 2009 season after three years as an assistant under the legendary Yoshi Hayasaki.

In 2012, Spring helped the University of Illinois Fighting Illini win the NCAA national championship in Gymnastics.