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Vaden McManus Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1996-01-16 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
2014-15 Carolina Jr. Hurricanes USPHL-Elite 37 4 6 10 0.270 0.0324 0.0330 0.0621 0.0633
2015-16 Portland Jr. Pirates USPHL-Elite 41 5 14 19 0.463 0.0556 0.0540 0.1064 0.1034
2016-17 Hampton Roads Whalers USPHL-Elite 40 9 31 40 1.000 0.1199 0.1097 0.2296 0.2100
■ 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
2021-22 Utica D3 UCHC GR 12 0 2 2 0.167
2020-21 Utica D3 UCHC SR 10 0 5 5 0.500
2019-20 Utica D3 UCHC JR 27 3 16 19 0.704
2018-19 Utica D3 UCHC SO 17 1 4 5 0.294
2017-18 Utica D3 UCHC FR 6 0 2 2 0.333
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.08
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.33
2017-18 · Utica
+304.0% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#15438
Defenseman overall
#2008
Defenseman born in 1996
#424
in USPHL-Elite

D1 Comparables

Michael Holland
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ RIT (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Carter Foguth
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.08 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.05 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
Drew Brevig
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.64 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Brandon Blair
Marian · 2006-07
0.708 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Simon Besner
SUNY Brockport · 2017-18
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Nick Magill-Diaz
Curry · 2017-18
0.214 Developing
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.