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Austin Smith Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1988-11-07 Country: USA
2007 · Round 4, Pick #128  ·  Dallas Stars Dallas Stars
Signed Professionally
Ravensburg Towerstars · DEL2

Set Commitment

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
2007-08 Penticton Vees BCHL 60 32 35 67 1.117 0.4303 0.4273 1.6251 1.6139
2013-14 Ässät Liiga 28 6 7 13 0.464 1.1607 1.2718 3.9912 4.3734
2014-15 Ässät Liiga 10 2 1 3 0.300 0.7500 0.7597 2.5788 2.6121
2015-16 Ravensburg Towerstars DEL2 40 37 18 55 1.375 1.8419 1.9973 2.4673 2.6755
■ 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
2011-12 Colgate D1 ECAC — 39 36 21 57 1.462
2010-11 Colgate D1 ECAC — 41 10 21 31 0.756
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.37
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.76
2010-11 · Colgate
+106.7% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#3635
Forward overall
#165
Forward born in 1988

D2/3 Comparables

Christopher Miraldo
Westfield State · 2022-23
1.037 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Zach Dill
Salem State · 2021-22
1.111 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Lucas Signoretti
Buffalo State · 2023-24
1.120 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.