Thanks to everyone for the good wishes and thoughtful replies. I really appreciate the points some of you made about letting him take the lead on how to share his story. That's great advice. His coaches have suggested that while college programs might be put off, many will find his experience with overcoming adversity appealing. Mental toughness and character can be hard traits to measure.
on the question from PABASEBALL, last spring his fastball was sitting at 83 mph. In terms of his ambition for playing, I think he would want to play at the biggest school he possibly could. He knows the big D1s are out of reach but he hasn't yet given up on the idea of a small D1, with several IFs yet to be answered. IF he gets back to the low 80s soon and IF he can grow from there and IF those things can happen within the recruiting window for his class, which might be the biggest IF of all.