Limom,
TR, Coach May, Coach Knight are very correct. College coaching staffs even with 4 coaches can not see every single player they want to see. We are playing the same time the High Schools are playing. I do not get out and about so to speak until our season has completed. So that means following players on summer teams and/or showcase teams.
Colleges depend heavily on great HS coaches with great baseball reputations and their ability to recognize HS players that can play at the collegiate level. We also depend heavily on area scouts who in their travels see players that are not ready for the professional ranks, but can certainly get it done at the collegiate level.
I can promise you the first time we get a bad recommendation from a HS coach or scout will be the last time. The good baseball people out there do not give bad recommendations, they are proud of their "baseball" reputation and would like to keep it. You know whose judgment you can trust and whose you can't as well.
Orioles42