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Position: Defense DOB: 2005-06-27 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 Benilde-St. Margaret's USHS-MN 19 1 6 7 0.368 0.0454 0.0454 0.0894 0.0894
2023-24 Benilde-St. Margaret's USHS-MN 27 1 14 15 0.556 0.0684 0.0684 0.1349 0.1349
■ 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 Roger Williams D3 CNE FR 19 0 1 1 0.053
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.06
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.05
2025-26 · Roger Williams
-5.9% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

10%
NCAA D2/D3
2%
Club / ACHA
60%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#13051
Defenseman overall
#2598
Defenseman born in 2005
#2994
in USHS-MN

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
Lukas Buchta
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.05 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.03 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Jake Bischoff
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.17 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.25 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Ruslan Pedan
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ Bemidji State (0.34 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Strong D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Danny Clements
Augsburg · 2002-03
0.333 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Sean Burke
SUNY Plattsburgh · 2000-01
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Michael Makarenko
Concordia (WI) · 2018-19
0.368 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.