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Position: Forward DOB: 1983-10-30 Country: USA
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NCAA Division I

NCAA D3 / D2

Career Trajectory
Dashed = raw PPG  ·  ■ Solid blue = age-adjusted NCAAe-PPG  ·  ■ Green = actual college PPG
Junior Seasons
Season Team League GP G A Pts PPG NCAAe-PPG Age-Adj D3e-PPG Age-Adj
2003-04 Wichita Falls Wildcats NAHL 54 17 18 35 0.648 0.2406 0.2283 0.6862 0.6511
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow
College Seasons (Historical)
Season School Div Conference Year GP G A Pts PPG
2007-08 St. Thomas D3 — SR 25 4 6 10 0.400
2006-07 St. Thomas D3 — JR 26 5 3 8 0.308
2005-06 St. Thomas D3 — SO 20 1 2 3 0.150
2004-05 St. Thomas D3 — FR 12 2 4 6 0.500
2002-03 St. Scholastica D3 — SR 15 0 0 0 0.000
2001-02 St. Scholastica D3 — JR 25 0 3 3 0.120

NCAAe Rankings

#15587
Forward overall
#565
Forward born in 1983
#1162
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Ian Miller
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ Lake Superior State (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ryan Doucet
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.73 PPG
→ Air Force (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Deresky
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Bentley (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Cullen Hurley
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ Wisconsin
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG
Max Birkinbine
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Air Force (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Dan Law
Manhattanville · 2001-02
0.731 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Ryan Kearney
Suffolk · 2024-25
0.583 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Zeke Costello
Nichols · 2005-06
1.231 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG

How to read this: NCAAe and D3e factors convert a player's junior PPG into expected NCAA scoring at the D1 or D3 level. Harder conferences → lower projected PPG for the same player. A strong junior player (e.g. USHL 0.90 PPG) will project much higher in NESCAC than Big Ten because the D3 scoring environment is lower-difficulty.

Strength factor: conferences above 1.0 are harder than average; below 1.0 are easier. The formula is: Base NCAAe PPG ÷ Conference Strength = Projected PPG.