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Dante Zapata Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1998-10-22 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
2016-17 Austin Bruins NAHL 40 5 6 11 0.275 0.1010 0.1069 0.2903 0.3073
2017-18 Austin Bruins NAHL 60 4 23 27 0.450 0.1653 0.1668 0.4750 0.4794
2018-19 Austin Bruins NAHL 54 14 22 36 0.667 0.2449 0.2362 0.7037 0.6787
■ 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
2022-23 Utica D3 UCHC SR 29 12 24 36 1.241
2021-22 Utica D3 UCHC JR 29 16 27 43 1.483
2020-21 Utica D1 UCHC SO 10 5 9 14 1.400
2020-21 Utica D3 UCHC SO 10 5 9 14 1.400
2019-20 Utica D1 UCHC FR 28 11 13 24 0.857
2019-20 Utica D3 UCHC FR 28 11 13 24 0.857
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.18
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.86
2019-20 · Utica
+380.4% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

62%
NCAA D1
2%
NCAA D2/D3
35%
Age-Out / Club
0%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#27612
Forward overall
#1351
Forward born in 1998
#2354
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Tyler Deresky
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Bentley (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Emil Romig
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.00 PPG
→ Denver (0.31 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jonathan Davis
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.03 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.36 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Max Birkinbine
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Air Force (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Cody Pisarczyk
Wisconsin-Stevens Point · 2024-25
0.462 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Devin Warfield
Utica · 2015-16
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Cole Dubicki
Tufts · 2021-22
0.583 Average
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.