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Zach Whitehead Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2001-06-16 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
2018-19 Kimball Union NE-Prep 34 2 15 17 0.500 0.1411 0.1411 0.2288 0.2288
2021-22 Maine Nordiques NAHL 22 3 0 3 0.136 0.0540 0.0513 0.1432 0.1359
■ 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 Middlebury D3 NESCAC SR 10 0 0 0 0.000
2024-25 Middlebury D3 NESCAC JR 23 0 3 3 0.130
2023-24 Middlebury D3 NESCAC SO 25 1 0 1 0.040
2022-23 Middlebury D3 NESCAC FR 22 4 2 6 0.273
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.07
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.27
2022-23 · Middlebury
+265.1% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

20%
NCAA D1
20%
NCAA D2/D3
60%
Age-Out / Club
0%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#24638
Forward overall
#1229
Forward born in 2001

D1 Comparables

Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tayler Munson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.31 PPG
→ Alaska Fairbanks (0.35 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Average
NCAAe PPG
Stanislav Dzakhov
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.27 PPG
→ Niagara (0.44 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Average
NCAAe PPG
Ben Ostlie
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ Notre Dame
0.13 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Trevor Salmon
Becker · 2014-15
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Dave Williams
St. Scholastica · 2008-09
0.259 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Riley Hughes
Adrian · 2007-08
0.286 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.