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Before Colorado College: Collected 12 points (7g,5a) in 34 games for Arizona State as a freshman last season … Scored his first NCAA career goal vs. Notre Dame (10-10) ... Scored against North Dakota (1-23) and St. Cloud State (2-7) ... Tied with Samuel Alfano for the most goals amongst all Sun Devil freshmen with seven … Played for the Tri-City Storm in the USHL for two seasons (2023-25) ... In 2023-24, he competed in 53 games and tallied 22 points (6g,16a) ... The next season, he nearly doubled his point production with 42 points (14g, 28a) in 58 games ... Notched a goal and an assist in the first two games of the ’24-25 USHL playoffs.
 
Personal: Parents are Marcus and Mona Crandell … Has one brother, Darius, and one sister, Malia … His father played college football at East Carolina and played and coached in the Canadian Football League … Would like to continue his hockey career following his time at CC … Hobbies include golfing and playing video games … Favorite foods are steak and pasta … Favorite book is Percy Jackson … Favorite movie is Spiderman: Into the Spider Verse … Person in history he would most like to meet is Jesus Christ … Greatest moment in sports was playing for Team Canada in the World Junior ‘A’ Challenge … Favorite sport other than hockey is golf … Credits his parents with the biggest influence on his athletic career … Started playing hockey at age four … Favorite professional team is the Edmonton Oilers and favorite player is Nikita Kucherov.
 
Why CC: “I chose Colorado College because from all that I saw and heard, I was being offered an unbelievable opportunity to play for a great team, with great coaches, staff, facilities and environment. The academic aspect was also appealing, as getting a degree from CC is a great accomplishment.”