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Derek Sand Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1992-02-26 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
2010-11 Neepawa Titans MJHL 62 4 10 14 0.226 0.0435 0.0445 0.1424 0.1458
2011-12 St. Cloud Norsemen NAHL 37 0 6 6 0.162 0.0596 0.0583 0.1712 0.1673
2012-13 St. Cloud Norsemen NAHL 60 1 9 10 0.167 0.0612 0.0567 0.1760 0.1632
■ 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 Wisconsin-Stout D3 BigTen SR 26 0 5 5 0.192
2015-16 Wisconsin-Stout D3 BigTen JR 12 0 1 1 0.083
2014-15 Wisconsin-Stout D3 BigTen SO 26 1 9 10 0.385
2013-14 Wisconsin-Stout D3 BigTen FR 26 1 4 5 0.192
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.05
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.19
2013-14 · Wisconsin-Stout
+255.5% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#23179
Defenseman overall
#2126
Defenseman born in 1992

D1 Comparables

Carter Foguth
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.08 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.04 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Michael Holland
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ RIT (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.09 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

James Cerepak
Bowdoin · 2021-22
0.231 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Trey Bagwell
Wisconsin-River Falls · 2018-19
0.278 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Matt Kassab
Lebanon Valley · 2018-19
0.176 Developing
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.