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Kelvin Walz Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1993-03-16 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
2011-12 Minot Minotauros NAHL 38 7 5 12 0.316 0.1173 0.1208 0.3344 0.3444
2012-13 Lloydminster Bobcats AJHL 39 6 13 19 0.487 0.1627 0.1571 0.4523 0.4367
2013-14 Melville Millionaires SJHL 54 20 26 46 0.852 0.2461 0.2288 0.6413 0.5961
■ 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
2017-18 Saint Mary's D3 — SR 25 6 14 20 0.800
2016-17 Saint Mary's D3 — JR 26 6 13 19 0.731
2015-16 Saint Mary's D3 — SO 18 4 10 14 0.778
2014-15 Saint Mary's D3 — FR 27 4 13 17 0.630
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.17
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.63
2014-15 · Saint Mary's
+267.5% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#21453
Forward overall
#809
Forward born in 1993

D1 Comparables

Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ricky DeRosa
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.71 PPG
→ Penn State (0.38 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Average
NCAAe PPG
Bradley Duwe
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.65 PPG
→ Alaska Anchorage (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Will Suter
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Bentley (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Eric Berglund
Manhattanville · 2014-15
0.696 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Spencer Korona
Trinity · 2021-22
0.520 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Chad Lopez
Wisconsin-Superior · 2017-18
0.680 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.