Infielddad,
No need to get personal
Remember, I'm talking the top 25 nationally ranked D3 schools. Lower D3's take what they can get.
These are the facts and I would encourage any prospects to contact past or present players of any schools they are considering to verify them. The college baseball experience is just a primer for the real world of sports should anyone have asperations beyond college.
1) All Top 25 D3 programs invite as many players as the can to the 4 week fall try outs because of the caliber of players they are seeking, mostly regional all stars within a 4 hour driving radius who also have the grades to get in (look at the rosters). These players can play D2 and D1 in a lot of cases but may elect to consider a top D3 because it is close to home or for other reasons beside baseball, ie. money, academics, etc. However, many prospects on the D3's wish list verbally commit to a D3 only as a "backup" plan in case the D2,D1 falls thru. D3's know that if everyone they invited showed up there would be 100 or more players at the tryouts
2) It is in the best interest of the D3 program to have as many of the best prospects as possible show up for the fall tryout to get the best roster. Who wouldn't want 35 pitchers, freshmen as well as upperclassmen, competing for 12 roster spots on a team that will get you a lot of wins? The coach will trim the team as he sees fit. If you have a good fall tryout you make the cut. If not, regardless of your class status, your not there. This is the distinction between D3 and D2-D1 where athletic scholarship money is committed. When there is a LNI signed by the player and the school due to scholarship money awarded, the prospect can be assured a roster spot unless he violates terms of the agreement. They're not going to waste their limited money by recruiting and then cutting a player.