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Matt Kiersted Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1998-04-14 Country: USA
Signed Professionally

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
2014-15 — USHL 11 0 1 1 0.091 0.0536 0.0589 0.2730 0.3000
2015-16 — USHL 57 4 19 23 0.404 0.2380 0.2505 1.2119 1.2756
2016-17 — USHL 23 2 12 14 0.609 0.3591 0.3596 1.8282 1.8310
■ 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
2020-21 North Dakota D1 NCHC SR 29 3 19 22 0.759
2019-20 North Dakota D1 NCHC JR 33 6 23 29 0.879
2018-19 North Dakota D1 NCHC SO 36 7 11 18 0.500
2017-18 North Dakota D1 NCHC FR 29 4 4 8 0.276
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.30
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.28
2017-18 · North Dakota
-7.5% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

D1 Comparables

Jaccob Slavin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.53 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.78 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Gavin Bayreuther
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.95 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Jeff Taylor
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Union (0.39 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Ian Brady
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.53 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.64 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Dan Renouf
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.49 PPG
→ Maine (0.32 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Strong D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Craig Kennedy
Hamilton · 2000-01
1.353 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Roman Cherniak
Lawrence · 2023-24
0.842 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Gus Katsuras
Hamilton · 2000-01
1.400 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.