Spott played NCAA hockey with Colgate University from 1986–1990, as he helped the team win the ECAC Hockey championship in 1990 as Colgate defeated Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 5-4 to win the Whitelaw Cup. Colgate then went on to the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship, however, they lost to the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the final game played at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.