If a kid truly wants to play, is willing to go anywhere, his parents can afford it, and has even a high school level talent there is a school that he can play at.
I've heard of multiple pitchers throwing 75 at a D3. Some D3's can beat low level D1's every day of the week, but some D3's would get beat by a 16u travel team every day of the week. Not all D3's are created equal.