Big Ten Conference Honorable Mention… Co-captain… Selected as the Big Ten Conference Academic Award Winner… Set career highs in goals (15), assists (19) and points (34)… Tied for second in the Big Ten Conference and 11th in the nation in shorthanded goals… Second on the team in special teams points (4-8-12)… Finished 29-8 (78.4%) in faceoff attempts and recorded his first goal of the season in the opening series against Lake State (10/7-8)… Recorded one goal and two assists in the Air Force Series (10/12-13)… Recorded an assist in each game of the Canisius Series (10/19-20)… Recorded three goals in the series against Boston College (10/26-27), including one shorthanded goal, one on the power play and one at even strength…Had two multi-point games at Ohio State (11/3-4) and finished with one goal and three assists for the Buckeyes… Had two assists in the series against Penn State (11/10-11)… Had a goal and an assist (+2) in the home sweep against Notre Dame (12/8-9)… Had a goal in the GLI semifinal against Ferris State (12/28)… Had a highlight through-the-legs goal at Penn State (1/13)… Scored his second shorthanded goal of the season against Minnesota (1/26) and added an assist in Game 2… Had a point in each game of the road split against Notre Dame (2/2-3), assisting on Isaac Howard's power play marker and scoring himself in the shutout win in the series finale… In the sweep against Michigan (2/9-10)…Recorded a goal and an assist (+2) and won over 60% of faceoffs…Recorded a season-best three-point game in a home win against Ohio State (2/24)…Recorded a goal and an assist in the win over Wisconsin (3/1-2)…Assisted on Daniel Russell's goal in the B1G semifinal against Ohio State (3/16)…Scored the tying goal with under one minute left in regulation in the NCAA first round game against Western Michigan (3/29).
2022-23 (Freshmen):
Appeared in all 38 games…Second on the team in goals (10) and third in points (27) and assists (17)…Second on the Spartans in power play points (4-6-10)…Team-high +10 on the season…Second on the team with four power play goals and two game-winners…Recorded Christian Krygier's first collegiate point against UMass-Lowell (10/13)…Led the Spartans with a five-point weekend against LIU (10/21-22), scoring his first collegiate goal in Game 1 and exploding with four assists in Game 2…Assisted on Jagger Joshua's goal and scored the shootout winning goal to help MSU earn the Big Ten extra point in a 1-1 tie at Notre Dame (10/29)…Recorded one goal and two assists (+2) in the series against Ohio State Had a goal and an assist in the season opener against the Bulls (11/10-11)… Had two goals and two assists against Penn State (11/18-19) for four points over the weekend… Recorded first career hat trick (two power play goals) in a sweep at Miami (11/25-26)… Had a goal and an assist in the GLI opener against Ferris State, had an assist in the consolation game against Michigan Tech (12/27-28), had two assists in a 4-4 tie, and scored in the shootout win against Penn State (1/14)… Had a goal and an assist in the series against Minnesota (1/27-28)… Recorded his fourth PPG of the year in a home win against Notre Dame (2/4)… Scored his first career postseason goal in Game 2 of the quarterfinals against Notre Dame (3/4).
Pre-university:
He spent the 2021-22 season with the Sioux Falls Stampede of the USHL, where he was teammates with fellow freshman Daniel Russell…He appeared in 61 games with Sioux Falls, scoring nine goals and 25 points (including two shorthanded markers)…Prior to Sioux Falls, he spent two years with Hotchkiss (2019-21), helping the team to a 19-6-3 record in 2019-20 and recording 12 goals and 14 assists in 26 games for the Bearcats while being named to the All-New England Rookie Team…He did not spend the 2020-21 hockey season with Hotchkiss…A product of the San Jose Jr. Sharks program (2017-19)…He played in the USA Hockey National Championship in both 2018 and 2019.
Personal:
Son of Greg and Janelle Dorwart… Has a sister, Cali… Graduated from University of Nebraska High School, Lincoln… A member of the National Junior Honor Society and recipient of the David Lord Fitzgerald Award at Hotchkiss for “positive spirit, strong character and compassion for others”… Describes himself as “surprisingly good at chess” and was invited to compete in the state tournament as a youth… Business/finance major.
