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Zach Schulz Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2005-06-14 Country: USA
⚠️ Aging Out 2025-26: Turns 20 before Dec 31, 2025 — final eligible junior season.
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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
2021-22 — NTDP-U18 51 1 11 12 0.235 0.1749 0.1808 0.8747 0.9044
2022-23 — NTDP-U18 52 1 9 10 0.192 0.1429 0.1402 0.7148 0.7014
■ 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 Wisconsin D1 BigTen JR 12 0 3 3 0.250
2024-25 Wisconsin D1 BigTen — 28 2 9 11 0.393
2023-24 Wisconsin D1 BigTen — 34 2 4 6 0.176
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.15
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.18
2023-24 · Wisconsin
+19.5% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

70%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
18%
Age-Out / Club
12%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#14700
Defenseman overall
#2809
Defenseman born in 2005

D1 Comparables

Teemu Kivihalme
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.25 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.31 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Luke Shiplo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.22 PPG
→ Quinnipiac (0.46 D1 FR PPG)
0.14 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Nash Worden
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.12 PPG
→ Army (0.17 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Jimmy Schuldt
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ St. Cloud State (0.63 D1 FR PPG)
0.21 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Gage Ausmus
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ North Dakota (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.15 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Manny Gialedakis
SUNY Oswego · 2009-10
0.750 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Ryan Busby
SUNY Plattsburgh · 2000-01
0.903 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Rick Varone
SUNY Oswego · 2000-01
0.652 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.