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Braden Altena Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1997-02-18 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 St. Cloud Tech High USHS-MN 25 13 19 32 1.280 0.1577 0.1495 0.3108 0.2945
2015-16 Granite City Lumberjacks NA3HL 46 15 19 34 0.739 0.0817 0.0831 0.2333 0.2373
2016-17 Granite City Lumberjacks NA3HL 34 13 16 29 0.853 0.0943 0.0911 0.2693 0.2603
2017-18 Granite City Lumberjacks NA3HL 47 24 48 72 1.532 0.1694 0.1551 0.4836 0.4429
■ 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 Saint John's D3 MIAC SR 24 2 5 7 0.292
2020-21 Saint John's D1 MIAC JR 4 0 1 1 0.250
2020-21 Saint John's D3 MIAC JR 4 0 1 1 0.250
2019-20 Saint John's D1 MIAC SO 13 0 2 2 0.154
2019-20 Saint John's D3 MIAC SO 13 0 2 2 0.154
2018-19 Saint John's D1 MIAC FR 22 1 1 2 0.091
2018-19 Saint John's D3 MIAC FR 22 1 1 2 0.091
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.11
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.09
2018-19 · Saint John's
-18.0% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

22%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#19990
Forward overall
#901
Forward born in 1997

D1 Comparables

Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Yasin Cissé
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Boston University
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG
Will Suter
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Bentley (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Pearce Vance
Westfield State · 2015-16
0.476 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Nick Minerva
Neumann · 2016-17
0.667 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Joseph Drapluk
Wisconsin-River Falls · 2014-15
0.571 Average
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.