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Position: Forward DOB: 2003-05-19 Country: Canada
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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
2019-20 Brooks Bandits AJHL 5 0 1 1 0.200 0.0664 0.0664 0.1854 0.1854
2020-21 Brooks Bandits AJHL 14 3 6 9 0.643 0.2133 0.2133 0.5958 0.5958
2021-22 Brooks Bandits AJHL 53 14 33 47 0.887 0.2942 0.3011 0.8219 0.8412
2022-23 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 13 1 7 8 0.615 0.3783 0.3603 1.8131 1.7270
2023-24 Brooks Bandits AJHL 40 13 37 50 1.250 0.4147 0.3843 1.1585 1.0737
■ 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 Penn State D1 BigTen SO 37 3 6 9 0.243
2024-25 Penn State D1 BigTen — 33 4 5 9 0.273
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.32
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.27
2024-25 · Penn State
-15.0% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

38%
NCAA D1
5%
NCAA D2/D3
52%
Age-Out / Club
5%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#11446
Forward overall
#516
Forward born in 2003

D1 Comparables

Todd Skirving
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.80 PPG
→ RIT (0.65 D1 FR PPG)
0.44 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Carlos Amestoy
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Maine
0.39 No data
NCAAe PPG
Eric Scheid
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.94 PPG
→ Alaska Anchorage (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.52 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Cole Stewart
Southern New Hampshire · 2017-18
0.462 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Nate Rein
Wisconsin-Superior · 2004-05
0.967 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Bryan Black
SUNY Potsdam · 2008-09
0.818 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.