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Austin Ortega Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1994-04-12 Country: USA
Signed Professionally
Dresdner Eislöwen · DEL

Set Commitment

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
2011-12 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders USHL 59 19 13 32 0.542 0.3200 0.3353 1.6276 1.7056
2012-13 — USHL 66 34 26 60 0.909 0.5363 0.5335 2.7279 2.7135
2018-19 Växjö Lakers HC SHL 31 3 9 12 0.387 0.9677 1.0389 5.0479 5.4191
2019-20 Eisbären Berlin DEL 52 18 22 40 0.769 1.9230 1.9230 6.5200 6.5200
2020-21 TPS Liiga 16 3 3 6 0.375 0.9375 0.9375 3.2229 3.2229
2021-22 EHC München DEL 51 25 25 50 0.980 2.4510 2.5240 8.3102 8.5577
2022-23 EHC München DEL 56 27 28 55 0.982 2.4552 2.4562 8.3246 8.3278
2023-24 EHC München DEL 51 21 14 35 0.686 1.7158 1.6285 5.8173 5.5212
2024-25 Adler Mannheim DEL 11 1 5 6 0.545 1.3638 1.2317 4.6238 4.1760
2025-26 Dresdner Eislöwen DEL 52 21 18 39 0.750 1.8750 1.7812 6.3572 6.0391
■ 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
2016-17 Nebraska Omaha D1 NCHC SR 38 20 27 47 1.237
2015-16 Nebraska Omaha D1 NCHC JR 35 21 15 36 1.029
2014-15 Nebraska Omaha D1 NCHC SO 39 20 17 37 0.949
2013-14 Nebraska Omaha D1 NCHC FR 35 9 10 19 0.543
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.39
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.54
2013-14 · Nebraska Omaha
+39.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

🏒 NHL / Pro Track — production profile is consistent with players who bypassed or minimized college hockey
0%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
100%
NHL / Pro

NCAAe Rankings

#2820
Forward overall
#167
Forward born in 1994

D2/3 Comparables

Neil Trimm
Neumann · 2003-04
1.800 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Arkhip Ledenkov
St. Scholastica · 2018-19
1.636 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Brandon Osmundson
Utica · 2018-19
1.448 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.