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Clay Van Diest Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1994-02-05 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
2011-12 Notre Dame Hounds SJHL 4 2 0 2 0.500 0.1281 0.1372 0.3762 0.4031
2012-13 Portage Terriers MJHL 51 3 8 11 0.216 0.0415 0.0424 0.1359 0.1387
2013-14 Portage Terriers MJHL 60 9 20 29 0.483 0.0930 0.0902 0.3045 0.2954
2014-15 — MJHL 58 6 21 27 0.466 0.0896 0.0823 0.2933 0.2693
■ 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
2018-19 St. Norbert D3 NCHA SR 30 1 3 4 0.133
2017-18 St. Norbert D3 NCHA JR 20 1 1 2 0.100
2016-17 St. Norbert D3 NCHA SO 26 2 4 6 0.231
2015-16 St. Norbert D3 NCHA FR 29 1 8 9 0.310
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.08
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.31
2015-16 · St. Norbert
+284.5% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#15154
Defenseman overall
#1786
Defenseman born in 1994

D1 Comparables

Michael Holland
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ RIT (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.09 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
Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 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
Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Andrew MacKenzie
Wisconsin-Superior · 2004-05
0.300 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Alex Way
Concordia (WI) · 2018-19
0.391 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Scott Deur
Saint Mary's (MN) · 2009-10
0.391 Average
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.