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Jake Schmelzer Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2003-10-20 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
2022-23 Connecticut RoughRiders EHL 40 1 5 6 0.150 0.0347 0.0359 0.0734 0.0760
2023-24 Connecticut RoughRiders EHL 43 4 3 7 0.163 0.0376 0.0370 0.0797 0.0785
■ 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 Indiana University of Pennsylvania ACHA_D1 — — 34 5 18 23 0.676
2024-25 Indiana University of Pennsylvania ACHA_D1 — — 34 5 18 23 0.676
2024-25 Misericordia D3 MAC — 2 0 0 0 0.000
2023-24 Indiana University of Pennsylvania ACHA_D1 — — 34 5 18 23 0.676
2022-23 Indiana University of Pennsylvania ACHA_D1 — — 34 5 18 23 0.676
2021-22 Indiana University of Pennsylvania ACHA_D1 — — 34 5 18 23 0.676
2020-21 Indiana University of Pennsylvania ACHA_D1 — — 34 5 18 23 0.676

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

5%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#25164
Defenseman overall
#3938
Defenseman born in 2003
#2880
in EHL

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
William Eiserman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Fuller
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.11 PPG
→ Southern Maine (0.17 D1 FR PPG)
0.06 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Kyle Fink
Concordia · 2012-13
0.714 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Brian Nehring
Wisconsin-Eau Claire · 2009-10
0.143 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Robert Bernier
Framingham State · 2021-22
0.182 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.