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Lawson McDonald Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1997-09-06 Country: Canada
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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
2013-14 Winkler Flyers MJHL 31 2 9 11 0.355 0.0683 0.0785 0.2237 0.2571
2014-15 Winkler Flyers MJHL 59 10 20 30 0.508 0.0979 0.1074 0.3207 0.3519
2015-16 Winkler Flyers MJHL 56 5 35 40 0.714 0.1375 0.1437 0.4504 0.4706
2016-17 Winkler Flyers MJHL 60 8 41 49 0.817 0.1572 0.1566 0.5150 0.5129
■ 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
2020-21 Wisconsin-Superior D1 BigTen SR 10 1 5 6 0.600
2020-21 Wisconsin-Superior D3 BigTen SR 10 1 5 6 0.600
2019-20 Wisconsin-Superior D1 BigTen JR 26 2 15 17 0.654
2019-20 Wisconsin-Superior D3 BigTen JR 26 2 15 17 0.654
2018-19 Nebraska Omaha D1 NCHC SO 26 0 1 1 0.038
2017-18 Nebraska Omaha D1 NCHC FR 7 0 2 2 0.286
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.14
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.29
2017-18 · Nebraska Omaha
+99.8% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#7214
Defenseman overall
#1342
Defenseman born in 1997
#412
in MJHL

D1 Comparables

Christian Neumann
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ UConn (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Tommy Davis
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Princeton (0.29 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Neal Goff
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Joe Schuldt
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.08 PPG
→ Michigan Tech
0.05 No data
NCAAe PPG
Mike McKee
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Sean Melso
SUNY Geneseo · 2021-22
0.500 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Jonathan Grebosky
Concordia · 2012-13
0.769 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Vince Marino
Salve Regina · 2017-18
0.714 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.