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Position: Forward DOB: 2002-08-27 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
2020-21 St. Cloud Norsemen NAHL 56 10 7 17 0.304 0.1203 0.1203 0.3187 0.3187
2021-22 St. Cloud Norsemen NAHL 53 17 32 49 0.924 0.3663 0.3696 0.9706 0.9793
2022-23 St. Cloud Norsemen NAHL 33 7 15 22 0.667 0.2641 0.2535 0.7000 0.6719
■ 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
2025-26 Army D1 AHA GR 35 11 10 21 0.600
2024-25 Army D1 AHA SR 36 11 11 22 0.611
2023-24 Army D1 AHA JR 35 7 10 17 0.486
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.26
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.49
2023-24 · Army
+89.2% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

35%
NCAA D1
22%
NCAA D2/D3
40%
Age-Out / Club
2%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#19472
Forward overall
#1053
Forward born in 2002
#1255
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jonathan Davis
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.03 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.39 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Joseph-Matthew Manno
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.63 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.36 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Zac Boyle
Neumann · 2016-17
0.389 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Brendan Hull
Marian · 2006-07
0.852 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Colin Kingston
Utica · 2004-05
0.889 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.