My son (2015 attending a D1) pitched and played SS in HS. His first contact with the RC at the school he is now at was as a pitcher....though my son mentioned that his "favorite" position, at least at that time, was SS. The coach came to watch him over the next 3 weeks....he proceeded to hit somewhere around .750 during that time. When the coach offered he said "I'm the pitching coach, I see you as a pitcher, but you'll definitely get a shot to play both if that's what you want". Fast forward to this week. Monday, first day of small group workouts...my son is hitting and pitching...and then yesterday he did defense. He must have done ok both days...as after yesterday's practice, the RC said "do you still want to do both?"...son said yes...and coach said "I'm ok with that". He's the only kid out of 35 who is getting that chance so far....I guess we'll see how things go from here.