BOF posted:Good advice so far. Reality check - he is not going to two way at a top 30 program and as others have pointed out he should expand the net he is casting. That said don't give up on the two/way if he wants as you never know. This was was 6 years ago but my son had similar stats to yours except his academics were higher and he ended up a national champ D3 and did actually play two way his freshmen year, went hitter only in Soph, and the start of Jr yr, got injured and switched to pitching the balance of his Jr and Sr year. So it can be done if the coaches are supportive and he is prepared to do twice the work.... He could be corner OF/DH/Pitcher maybe but it also gives him recruiting flexibility. BTW he would never make CF at my son's D3 also, they were all 6.5 guys.
He has time and he should focus on next summer where the real action will be, get the scores up and broaden the search and he should be fine.
Good Luck!
BOF has it correctly above, when he says that it takes coaching support. Some PC's are not down with their ace pitchers playing both ways, and it requires a lot of support from the staff. Generally the pitchers are having their practice at the same time as the position players. The staff needs to be flexible to make sure the kid is able to get his work in on both sides. Not to mention, school is WAY harder than you can imagine, if he takes a real degree. It has been an eye opener for Ryno trying to play baseball and majoring in Accounting. Most of the team takes the same major that is far less demanding.
Another aspect to consider is the mental side. When Ryan DH'd as a Freshman (D-1 JC), he did pretty well as a hitter (Not a lot of AB's), but his ERA was higher than he would like. In the off season, he decided to just focus on pitching...he led the nation in ERA! He said it was so much better to not have to worry about doing both. Being able to focus just on his pitching increased his results exponentially.
There are many kids that can go both ways, but you have to have all the stars aligned, the right support, the right major, the right school, etc.
On a side note, son plays at Purdue, and they are ranked maybe 60 in the nation, and ALL of their outfielders can FLY!