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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 0.4956 0.5019 2.4877 2.5195
2025-26 U.S. National U18 Team NTDP-U18 64 17 14 31 0.484 0.3601 0.3450 1.8075 1.7318
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

78%
NCAA D1
8%
NCAA D2/D3
8%
Age-Out / Club
8%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#14755
Forward overall
#192
Forward born in 2008

D1 Comparables

Evan Allen
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.62 PPG
→ Michigan (0.26 D1 FR PPG)
0.38 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Drew Melanson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.48 PPG
→ RPI (0.56 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Jake Jackson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Michigan Tech (0.09 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Developing
NCAAe PPG
C.J. Smith
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.98 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.90 D1 FR PPG)
0.38 Elite
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Kelleher
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.73 PPG
→ New Hampshire (0.43 D1 FR PPG)
0.44 Average
NCAAe PPG

Wisconsin Alumni similar profiles who attended this school

Trent Frederic
USHL 2015-16
1.10
actual FR PPG at Wisconsin
Finn Brink
USHS-MN 2022-23
0.48
actual FR PPG at Wisconsin
Matthew Freytag
USHL 2014-15
0.29
actual FR PPG at Wisconsin
Dominick Mersch
USHL 2016-17
0.31
actual FR PPG at Wisconsin

D2/3 Comparables

Ryan Bloom
University of New England · 2010-11
1.654 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Colin Bella
Lake Forest · 2021-22
0.963 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Jason Yuel
Curry · 2005-06
1.769 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.