What would you tell him?

There are JC's and D3's that can beat many D1 schools athletically. What i'm trying to say is you have to take each program individually and evaluate it against others. There is no hard fast rule. I've see NAIA's with 1000 students produce remarkable programs.

From having watched different levels of D1 and D3 I'd say it's the speed of the game. The velocity of the pitching, the speed the ball comes off the bat, the speed of the runners, the speed of the fielders to go get it and the velocity of the fielder's throw. I watched some ranked D3 teams play last year. The quality of ball was good. But it was obvious the game was played at another speed.

My son and I watch Big East and A10 ball in our area. When I took him to see a ranked ACC team he was shocked how consistantly they hit the ball that much harder.

To take it to another level a friend's son played in his major college program's alumni game before heading for spring training. He hit three doubles. He said in AA ball two would have been caught effortlessly.

study hard and get good grades. then every school is a possability. throwing 95 and running a 6.5 60 won't get you in to every school,doing this and good grades will.