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Dean Balsamo Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1995-12-23 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
2013-14 Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees NAHL 2 1 1 2 1.000 0.3674 0.3924 1.0555 1.1274
2014-15 Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees NAHL 56 7 16 23 0.411 0.1509 0.1533 0.4335 0.4403
2015-16 Philadelphia Rebels NAHL 57 25 25 50 0.877 0.3223 0.3131 0.9259 0.8994
■ 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
2019-20 Adrian D3 NCHA SR 29 19 21 40 1.379
2018-19 Adrian D3 NCHA JR 28 13 16 29 1.036
2017-18 Adrian D3 NCHA SO 28 8 20 28 1.000
2016-17 Adrian D3 NCHA FR 16 6 5 11 0.688
2016-17 Bentley D1 AHA — 9 2 1 3 0.333
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.21
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.69
2016-17 · Adrian
+222.3% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#18475
Forward overall
#704
Forward born in 1995
#1113
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Joseph-Matthew Manno
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.63 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Deresky
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Bentley (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Max Birkinbine
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Air Force (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Gerald Mayhew
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Ferris State (0.56 D1 FR PPG)
0.41 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Ryan Siiro
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Princeton (0.38 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Mitchell Herlihey
SUNY Oswego · 2013-14
1.080 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Trevor Boyd
Adrian · 2014-15
1.036 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Zach Heintz
Adrian · 2018-19
1.179 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.