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Xavier Lieb Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2008-03-14 Country: USA
Penn State
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 Dubuque Fighting Saints USHL 2 0 1 1 0.500 0.2949 0.3223 1.5004 1.6397
2025-26 Dubuque Fighting Saints USHL 52 8 19 27 0.519 0.3063 0.3199 1.5580 1.6274
2026-27 Brantford Bulldogs OHL 5 2 1 3 0.600 0.3471 0.3471 1.5710 1.5710
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

25%
NCAA D1
5%
NCAA D2/D3
20%
Age-Out / Club
50%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#14694
Forward overall
#222
Forward born in 2008

D1 Comparables

Willem Nong-Lambert
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.35 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Kyle Schmidt
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ Bentley (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.33 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Christian Heil
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.62 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.36 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ray Pigozzi
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.64 PPG
→ UMass (0.55 D1 FR PPG)
0.38 Average
NCAAe PPG
Zach Aman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG

Penn State Alumni similar profiles who attended this school

Connor McMenamin
USHL 2017-18
0.38
actual FR PPG at Penn State
Keaton Peters
USHL 2022-23
0.17
actual FR PPG at Penn State
Tyler Paquette
USHL 2019-20
0.17
actual FR PPG at Penn State
James Robinson
BCHL 2012-13
0.25
actual FR PPG at Penn State

D2/3 Comparables

Maxwell Donohoe
Neumann · 2021-22
1.500 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Dom Murphy
University of New England · 2021-22
0.826 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Brett Gravelle
St. Thomas · 2014-15
0.923 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.