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Zachary Vierling Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1990-03-03 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
2008-09 Owatonna Express NAHL 57 14 25 39 0.684 0.2540 0.2587 0.7244 0.7378
2009-10 Owatonna Express NAHL 57 13 23 36 0.632 0.2345 0.2294 0.6687 0.6542
2010-11 Fairbanks Ice Dogs NAHL 55 16 36 52 0.946 0.3511 0.3256 1.0011 0.9285
■ 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
2013-14 Wisconsin-Stout D3 BigTen JR 26 9 11 20 0.769
2012-13 Wisconsin-Stout D3 — SO 27 8 8 16 0.593
2011-12 Wisconsin-Stout D3 — FR 26 3 7 10 0.385
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.25
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.38
2011-12 · Wisconsin-Stout
+56.5% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#11064
Forward overall
#483
Forward born in 1990
#553
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

David Goodwin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.67 PPG
→ Penn State (0.53 D1 FR PPG)
0.38 Average
NCAAe PPG
Dylan Walchuk
WHL · 2012-13 · 0.86 PPG
→ Northern Michigan (0.42 D1 FR PPG)
0.37 Average
NCAAe PPG
Carlos Amestoy
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Maine
0.40 No data
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ricky DeRosa
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.71 PPG
→ Penn State (0.38 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Hunter Schneider
Wisconsin-River Falls · 2015-16
0.600 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Kevin Valenti
Utica · 2013-14
0.538 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Travis Broughman
SUNY Oswego · 2017-18
0.852 Strong
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.