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Steven Zappia Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1989-04-01 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
2007-08 Buffalo Jr. Sabres OJHL 29 2 7 9 0.310 0.0761 0.0764 0.2136 0.2143
2008-09 Buffalo Jr. Sabres OJHL 49 3 26 29 0.592 0.1451 0.1381 0.4075 0.3880
2009-10 Buffalo Jr. Sabres OJHL 52 2 32 34 0.654 0.1602 0.1441 0.4501 0.4049
■ 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
2013-14 Utica D3 UCHC SR 25 2 10 12 0.480
2012-13 Utica D3 UCHC JR 20 1 10 11 0.550
2011-12 Utica D3 UCHC SO 26 4 10 14 0.538
2010-11 Utica D3 UCHC FR 25 1 8 9 0.360
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.13
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.36
2010-11 · Utica
+169.1% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#9246
Defenseman overall
#1112
Defenseman born in 1989
#1917
in OJHL

D1 Comparables

Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Michael Holland
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ RIT (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.09 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Carter Foguth
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.08 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.04 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

William Johnson
St. Olaf · 2024-25
0.650 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Mitch Kontny
Wisconsin-River Falls · 2012-13
0.593 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Andrew Husted
Buffalo State · 2017-18
0.720 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.