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Sawyer Smith Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2001-11-17 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
2020-21 — USPHL-Premier 35 3 8 11 0.314 0.0411 0.0411 0.1067 0.1067
2021-22 Seahawks Hockey EHL 45 5 12 17 0.378 0.0873 0.0865 0.1849 0.1832
■ 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
2022-23 Arcadia D3 MAC — 1 0 0 0 0.000

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

12%
NCAA D2/D3
2%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#14222
Defenseman overall
#2415
Defenseman born in 2001

D1 Comparables

Patrick Koudys
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ RPI (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Kirk
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Dartmouth
0.17 No data
NCAAe PPG
Kyle McKenzie
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.14 PPG
→ Providence (0.15 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Taki Pantziris
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ Brown
0.15 No data
NCAAe PPG
Nolan Valleau
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Bowling Green
0.22 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Carter Bollinger
Wisconsin-Stout · 2025-26
0.500 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Bradley Golant
St. Scholastica · 2018-19
0.154 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Nick Schultze
Tufts · 2017-18
0.375 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.