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John Wiitala Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1995-03-27 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
2012-13 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 51 6 5 11 0.216 0.1326 0.1382 0.6355 0.6625
2013-14 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 56 9 14 23 0.411 0.2525 0.2514 1.2100 1.2048
2014-15 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 60 13 13 26 0.433 0.2663 0.2521 1.2766 1.2084
■ 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
2018-19 Ohio State D1 BigTen SR 36 9 8 17 0.472
2017-18 Ohio State D1 BigTen JR 41 8 11 19 0.463
2016-17 Ohio State D1 BigTen SO 39 10 9 19 0.487
2015-16 Ohio State D1 BigTen FR 32 11 7 18 0.562
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.22
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.56
2015-16 · Ohio State
+160.9% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#23548
Forward overall
#890
Forward born in 1995
#2337
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Evan Janssen
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Denver (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Gage Hough
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.39 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eric Freschi
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.51 PPG
→ Cornell (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Alexander Dahl
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tommy Schutt
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Quinnipiac (0.28 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Josh Maucieri
St. Thomas · 2018-19
0.800 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Logan DiScanio
New England · 2018-19
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Marlon Gardner
Neumann · 2006-07
1.067 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.