son is a freshman in college.
5'10" 180 now
Freshman Hs 5"7 80 MPH documented- nothing from anyone
Soph 5'8 -82 MPH - nothing
Junior 83-88 - got big jump and first real recruitment when he hit 88 a couple times at a fall prospect game- almost all D2 and D3, a few mid D1, but minimal contact
Summer between Junior and Senior year - big showcase in ohio- in June 85-88, got lots o D2 interest and a 2 specific D1. Fall senior year offered walk on spots at both D1 and accepted one of them
Spring senior year much like Lefthook son, was pitching against big rivel HS with a senior OF being watch by MLB. Documented that day sat 91 whole game high as 95 in 6th inning, struck out the 2 top hitters on that team (both ended up at very good D1) 3 times each.
Recruiting exploded that night- MLB scouts calling coach, son and myself. when colleges found out he did not have NLI, 2 offered big money immediately (we did not ask for this and took our family as a suprise), When the college that he had committed to heard that they came up with scholarship money. He thought about it for 2 weeks inbetween he pitched one more HS game and had 30 scouts/ recruiter with guns on him. Sat 88-90 that day, hit 92. MLB said he wasn't ready, several more offers within a day fo that, original college upped the ante, doubling first offer.
In the end it came down to the 2 D1 colleges that had followed him all previous summer long and he ended up with the exact college he had originally committed too. What it came down to was the same as the previous fall when he had originally committed as a walk on spot, it really came down to teh fit of the college and the baseball coaches and that had shown the most interest in him all other things being equal.
I think he was not "projectable" since he is 5"10. He is solid, not huge, not skinny either to "fill out". So for him he need to actually perform in HS to get the choices he had.
As FYI, he is thrilled with his choice. Loves college and his teammates, he is going to get significant PT as of right now.