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Position: Defense DOB: 1994-11-20 Country: USA

NCAA-W Projection

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NCAA Division I Women's

Projected PPG — WCHA-W

0.13

Developing (<0.25)

Base NCAAe-W PPG0.1408

Conf. Strength0.997

Year Adj (FR)×0.80

Confidencehigh

Seasons Used2

NCAA D3W

Projected PPG — Division Avg

0.31

Developing (<0.35)

Base D3e-W PPG0.3245

Conf. Strength1.000

Year Adj (FR)×0.80

Confidencehigh

Seasons Used2

D1W / D3W Likelihood

Career Trajectory

Dashed = raw PPG · ■ Solid = age-adjusted NCAAe-W PPG · ■ Green = actual college PPG

Pre-College Seasons

Most women's college players come directly from high school hockey. Junior or HS season stats below (when available on Elite Prospects).

Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PPG	NCAAe-W PPG	Age-Adjusted
2010-11	Stillwater High (women)	USHS-MN-W	25	13	7	20	0.800	0.1208	0.1203
2011-12	Stillwater High (women)	USHS-MN-W	25	7	15	22	0.880	0.1329	0.1266
2012-13	Stillwater High (women)	USHS-MN-W	25	13	13	26	1.040	0.1570	0.1438
2019-20	Buffalo Beauts	PHF	23	2	9	11	0.478	N/A	N/A
2020-21	Minnesota Whitecaps	PHF	4	0	0	0	0.000	N/A	N/A
2021-22	Minnesota Whitecaps	PHF	9	0	1	1	0.111	N/A	N/A

NCAAe-W = points/game translated to NCAA-W equivalent · COVID-flagged seasons in yellow

College Seasons

Season	School	Conference	Year	GP	G	A	Pts	PPG
2017-18	Minnesota	WCHA-W	JR	31	1	3	4	0.129
2016-17	Minnesota	WCHA-W	SO	35	3	4	7	0.200
2015-16	Minnesota	WCHA-W	FR	36	0	2	2	0.056

Historical Comparables — NCAA D1W

Player	League · Season · PPG	FR College PPG	School
Izzy Bagi	19U-AAA-W · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG	0.556	Holy Cross
Liv Halvorson	USHS-MN-W · 2012-13 · 1.05 PPG	0.086	Ohio State
Mekenzie Steffen	USHS-MN-W · 2012-13 · 1.04 PPG	0.350	Wisconsin
Ebba Strandberg	SDHL · 2012-13 · 0.11 PPG	0.333	Maine
Kenzie Prater	USHS-MN-W · 2012-13 · 0.83 PPG	0.432	Quinnipiac

Historical Comparables — NCAA D3W

Player	Junior Season · PPG	FR College PPG	School	Conference
Andrea Noss	2013-14 · 0.52 PPG	0.667	SUNY Oswego	SUNYAC
Shelby Evans	2024-25 · 0.89 PPG	—	St. Scholastica	NCHA
Adrienne Hansen	2023-24 · 0.70 PPG	0.481	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	WIAC
Kayleigh Olson	2024-25 · 2.08 PPG	0.167	Gustavus Adolphus	MIAC
Alyson Vogelsang	2023-24 · 0.81 PPG	—	St. Catherine	MIAC

Women's college hockey projections draw primarily on high school and junior stats when available. Because most women go directly from HS to college, projections with limited pre-college data use conference-based priors.

NCAAe-W factors are derived from historical pre-college→NCAA-W transitions. For many players, projection confidence is lower than men's due to sparse pre-college tracking.