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Lucas Zajic Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2008-01-19 Country: USA
Wisconsin
BigTen D1

Set Commitment

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
2024-25 U.S. National U17 Team NTDP-U18 57 24 14 38 0.667 0.5303 0.5371 2.4969 2.5289
2025-26 — NTDP-U18 57 11 12 23 0.404 0.3209 0.3075 1.5112 1.4479
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

48%
NCAA D1
8%
NCAA D2/D3
22%
Age-Out / Club
22%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#10109
Forward overall
#149
Forward born in 2008

D1 Comparables

Drew Melanson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.48 PPG
→ RPI (0.56 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Zach Diamantoni
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.60 PPG
→ Northern Michigan (0.26 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Garrett Gamez
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.39 PPG
→ Providence (0.25 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jake Jackson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Michigan Tech (0.09 D1 FR PPG)
0.33 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Gernhofer
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.54 PPG
→ Vermont
0.22 No data
NCAAe PPG

Wisconsin Alumni similar profiles who attended this school

Dominick Mersch
USHL 2016-17
0.31
actual FR PPG at Wisconsin
Charlie Stramel
USHS-MN 2019-20
0.36
actual FR PPG at Wisconsin
Sean Dhooghe
USHL 2016-17
0.43
actual FR PPG at Wisconsin
Trent Frederic
USHL 2015-16
1.10
actual FR PPG at Wisconsin

D2/3 Comparables

Erik Caron
Saint Michael's · 2001-02
1.280 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Kyle Gallegos
Tufts · 2008-09
1.150 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Chris Peters
UMass Boston · 2015-16
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.