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Zach Gmerek Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2002-06-12 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
2021-22 Charlotte Rush USPHL-Premier 22 0 7 7 0.318 0.0359 0.0355 0.1083 0.1069
2022-23 Charlotte Rush USPHL-Premier 44 2 19 21 0.477 0.0538 0.0505 0.1624 0.1524
■ 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
2025-26 Nichols D3 CNE GR 17 0 2 2 0.118
2024-25 Nichols D3 CNE SR 20 0 1 1 0.050
2023-24 Nichols D3 CNE JR 18 0 2 2 0.111
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.04
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.11
2023-24 · Nichols
+164.5% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

8%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#12201
Defenseman overall
#2447
Defenseman born in 2002
#3614
in USPHL-Premier

D1 Comparables

Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
William Eiserman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Krug
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Union (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.11 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 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

D2/3 Comparables

Aidan McDowell
Stevenson · 2021-22
0.518 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Wilson Vershay
SUNY Cortland · 2015-16
0.429 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Nolan Marshall
Manhattanville · 2012-13
0.191 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.