<p>I play baseball... throw 82-83 mph from the mound with a good changeup and curveball, and I was the best hitter on my team last year and hit .360 with 2 homeruns. Do you think I have a chance to get recruited by a D3 school like MIT? I've talked to their coach a little bit but I don't know how interested he is.</p>
<p>I'm class of 2012 BTW with an SAT of 2270.</p>
<p>Lucasw,</p>
<p>Welcome to CC. I’ll take a shot at helping you as you haven’t got a response yet. </p>
<p>You have some very good SAT scores, however it remains to be seen if it is MIT worthy. MIT is tough to get into, and tough to stay at. I know quite a bit about college baseball recruiting, but not about MIT specifically. Like most D3 schools, the coach can at best flag your application to help or influence Admissions. That is the extent of it. Basically, you have to get into the school to come to tryouts in the Fall. Anything you can do to further increase your SATs or SAT2s or ECs to help you get admitted will also help your chances to play baseball.</p>
<p>From a purely baseball perspective, most college players don’t pitch and hit (two way player) in the same game. If you do one better than the other then I would tryout as a position player or as a pitcher. College baseball is totally different from high school as 82-83 mph will get hit pretty hard unless you bring something else to the table. My advice would be to continue to develop your fastball into the mid to upper 80s as this will give your more options with other schools if MIT doesn’t work out. You already have the academics covered for 99% of the schools. College baseball recruiting is all about options as many “doors” are opening and closing at the same time. Good luck, and let me know if you have any questions.</p>