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Position: Defense DOB: 2005-01-31 Country: USA
⚠️ Aging Out 2025-26: Turns 20 before Dec 31, 2025 — final eligible junior season.
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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
2022-23 Deerfield Academy NE-Prep 26 3 14 17 0.654 0.1261 0.1261 0.2992 0.2992
2023-24 Deerfield Academy NE-Prep 14 1 7 8 0.571 0.1102 0.1102 0.2615 0.2615
■ 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 Amherst D3 NESCAC SO 3 0 0 0 0.000
2024-25 Amherst D3 NESCAC — 19 1 6 7 0.368
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.11
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.37
2024-25 · Amherst
+234.9% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

12%
NCAA D2/D3
2%
Club / ACHA
50%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#8730
Defenseman overall
#1965
Defenseman born in 2005
#482
in NE-Prep

D1 Comparables

Kyle Mackey
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.16 PPG
→ Air Force (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.09 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Zach Yoder
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.10 PPG
→ Air Force (0.31 D1 FR PPG)
0.06 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Ruslan Pedan
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ Bemidji State (0.34 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Jake Bischoff
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.17 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.25 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Lukas Buchta
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.05 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.03 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Mike Sciore
SUNY Cortland · 2016-17
0.522 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Ryan Murray
Daniel Webster · 2011-12
0.389 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Ryan Pitoscia
Adrian · 2018-19
0.964 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.