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William Hughes Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2004-01-14 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 Andover NE-Prep 29 8 12 20 0.690 0.1366 0.1366 0.3142 0.3142
2019-20 Andover NE-Prep 28 10 13 23 0.821 0.1627 0.1627 0.3742 0.3742
2022-23 Muskegon Lumberjacks USHL 32 5 5 10 0.312 0.1843 0.1816 0.9386 0.9248
2023-24 Muskegon Lumberjacks USHL 54 12 15 27 0.500 0.2949 0.2759 1.5017 1.4051
■ 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 Harvard D1 ECAC — 30 4 7 11 0.367
2024-25 Harvard D1 ECAC — 31 1 1 2 0.065
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.20
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.06
2024-25 · Harvard
-68.4% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

50%
NCAA D1
2%
NCAA D2/D3
25%
Age-Out / Club
18%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#20929
Forward overall
#1132
Forward born in 2004

D1 Comparables

Max Birkinbine
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Air Force (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ryan Siiro
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Princeton (0.38 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Average
NCAAe PPG
Cullen Hurley
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ Wisconsin
0.21 No data
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Deresky
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Bentley (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Joseph-Matthew Manno
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.63 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Scott Cuthrell
Nichols · 2013-14
0.704 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Randall Smisko
Wisconsin-Superior · 2000-01
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Scott Motz
Wisconsin-Stout · 2005-06
1.286 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.