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Honors and Awards: 2024 NCAA National Champion ... 2x NCHC Academic All-Conference Team (2023-24, 2024-25) … 2x NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete (2023-24, 2024-25)
 
2024-25: Set career highs with six goals, nine assists and 15 points while playing in all 44 games during the year … Also posted a personal best with 48 shots on goal and was 10th on the team with a .125 shooting percentage … Ranked second on the team in faceoff wins (386/725) and was fourth in winning percentage at the dot (.532) … Finished the year with 16 penalty minutes and a +12 plus/minus rating … Totaled 16 blocked shots, ranked tied for 10th overall on the team and tied for fourth among forwards … Recorded points in back-to-back games five times during the year, including scoring in consecutive contests on Feb. 8-14 at Arizona State and against North Dakota, with the latter against UND marking his first career game-winning tally … Scored in five conference games during the year (5g/1a) … Began the season with three assists in a four-game stretch from Oct. 5-19 … Recorded a career-high four shots on goal vs. North Dakota on Nov. 15 … Tallied four goals in an eight-game stretch from Jan. 31-Feb. 22 … Scored in Game 3 of the NCHC Quarterfinals vs. Colorado College on March 16 … Contributed an assist in the win vs. Arizona State in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff Semifinals on March 21 in St. Paul, Minn. … Attended the Winnipeg Jets' development camp prior to the season in July 2024 as an invitee.

2023-24: Played in 36 games as a freshman and totaled 13 points on three goals and 10 assists … Led the team in faceoff-winning percentage at .552, going 272-of-493 overall in draws … Recorded 10 or more faceoff wins in 10 games … Ranked first among DU forwards with 23 blocked shots … Added 14 penalty minutes and finished the year with a +12 plus/minus rating … Made his collegiate debut on Oct. 7 at Alaska Fairbanks … Picked up his first career point by scoring a short-handed goal on Oct. 8 at Alaska Fairbanks, the first DU tally on a man disadvantage in more than a year (Cole Guttman, March 12, 2022 vs. Miami) … Scored in the home opener on Oct. 27 vs. Augustana while also winning 85.7% of his faceoffs (12/14) … Picked up his first assist on Nov. 3 vs. Colorado College … Only outings he missed during the season was an eight-game stretch from Jan. 12-Feb. 3 with a lower-body injury (returned Feb. 16 at Minnesota Duluth) … Recorded back-to-back multi-point games with two assists on Feb. 24 vs. Miami and a goal and a helper on March 1 at St. Cloud State … Totaled eight points in an eight-game stretch from Feb. 24-March 22 (1g/7a) … Had an assist in Game 2 of the NCHC Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota Duluth on March 16 and in the Frozen Faceoff Semifinals vs. St. Cloud State on March 22 … Made his NCAA Tournament debut in the Northeast Regional Semifinals vs. Massachusetts on March 28 … Led all players with a career-best 14 faceoff wins in the NCAA Championship Game vs. Boston College on April 14 (14/24).

Before Denver: Played three seasons with the Tri-City Storm of the USHL from 2020 to 2023 … Scored a personal-best 16 goals and added 31 assists for 47 points in 61 contests in 2022-23 for the Storm … Added three points (2g/1a) in four 2023 playoff games … Had 23 points (9g/14a) in 62 contests with the Storm in 2021-22, helping the club win the Anderson Cup as regular-season champions … Registered 10 points (3g/7a) in 42 USHL games with Tri-City in 2020-21 … Finished his junior career with 80 points (28g/52a) in 165 games in the regular season and six points (3g/3a) in 11 postseason outings … Product of the Colorado Thunderbirds organization and competed at the Quebec International Pee-Wee Tournament in 2016 with the T-Birds.
 
Personal: Has a younger sister that plays collegiate lacrosse … Graduated from Kent Denver High School in 2021 … Intends to major in finance at DU … Hopes to play professional hockey after graduating from DU … Hobbies include golf, working out and cooking … Volunteered with Miracles on Ice while in high school.
 
Why DU: "I chose DU because of its strong academics and the great hockey team. Also, it is very close to home and a cool place to play.”