It seems incoming Pitt freshman Kevan Smith will have an interesting one to make.

During the winter months, Smith continued to lift weights, study the Pitt playbook and prepare for the fall, secure in the knowledge of where he would be next year. However, as baseball season rolled around and Smith began his assault on area pitchers, scouts seemingly came out of the woodwork.

Now, it isn’t a question of if he’ll get drafted in a few weeks, it’s just a matter of what round he goes in.

“Last year, I wasn’t getting a lot of interest for baseball and now all of the sudden I’m getting all this attention,” said Smith.

“It’s like a whole new recruiting process. It’s been overwhelming at times because this stuff is all new to me.”

Raider head coach Eric Semega has been telling Smith for two years that he would get drafted because he has so many of the tools the scouts look for.

“He has the quickest hands I’ve ever seen with the bat,” said Semega.

“He’s big, strong, has a tremendous arm and has a great attitude. The scary part is that he’s been splitting his time between football and baseball. If he gets the opportunity to focus 100 percent on baseball, he will be incredible.”

With a dozen pro baseball organizations showing interest on one hand and a free education and the chance to play major college football on the other, Smith will have some difficult choices to make in the near future.

“I’m so grateful to have these options,” said Smith, who carries nearly a 3.9 grade point-average and plans to study engineering if he does indeed choose Pitt.

Wonder if Coach Wannstedt would let him walk-on with the baseball team?