BEFORE PENN STATE
Spent the past two seasons in the USHL with the Des Moines Buccaneers skating in 100 games registering 30 points on 15 goals and 15 assists including a career-best 22 points on 11 goals and 11 assists in 2023-24…Played for the Johnstown Tomahawks of the NAHL during the 2021-22 season registering 29 points on 15 goals while adding 14 assists in 57 games between the regular season and playoffs…Had a breakout year with Pens Elite in 2020-21 scoring 28 goals while adding 25 assists for 53 points in 44 games to jumpstart his junior hockey career the following year…His 53 points as a 16-year-old were good for second on the team behind current Nittany Lion Matt DiMarsico who led the program in each offensive category that season.
PERSONAL
Son of Melissa and Tim Ford…Has an older sister, Reilly, and an older brother, Connor…Brother Connor played four years of college hockey for Bowling Green serving as team captain during the 2020-21 season before using his extra year of eligibility at North Dakota in 2021-22. Brother also played for the Henderson Silver Knights of the AHL for parts of two seasons and is currently playing in Slovakia with the HK Spisska Nova Ves…Intending on majoring in Finance.