The Class C Player-of-the-Year was invited to two tryouts by major league baseball teams this summer, one at Yankee Stadium in July and another Monday at the Philadelphia Phillies Bank One Citizens Ballpark, and seems to have a chance to get drafted by a major league team next June.

``It would take a lot to get me away from Clemson, but I have thought of the possibility of getting drafted,’’ Pohl said Monday by cell phone on his way home from Philadelphia. ``Clemson is a great fit for me, but playing Major League Baseball is the ultimate dream.’’

Pohl verbally committed to Clemson on July 21, after visiting four schools, including North and South Carolina and East Carolina in addition to Clemson, which is also located in South Carolina.

``Clemson was the final one on the list and just seemed to make the most sense for me,’’ Pohl said. ``It’s actually located in a small town similar to Cooperstown, and the baseball team has had 21 players drafted in the last two years, the most of any school in the nation.’’

Pohl said he also clicked well with Clemson head coach Jack Leggett, who has been a consistent winner (608 wins, 173 losses) during his 14 years at the school, and has a reputation for developing young talent.

The Tigers have 22 straight seasons with at least 39 wins, and played in the College World Series Super Regional for the seventh time in the past nine years in 2007. They finished last season ranked 12th in the country. Pohl received a scholarship, but said the school asked him not to say for how much until he signs a national letter of intent on Nov. 14. The coaching staff is not allowed to comment on players until after that date either.

Pohl helped lead the Cooperstown baseball team to its second ever Section Three Class C title last spring. He homered in the state quarterfinal game, an excruciating 4-3 loss to Oxford.

He hit .473 last season, and set single season school records in home runs (5), RBIs (39), and stolen bases (41). Cooperstown baseball coach Frank Miosek said as good as Pohl is as a baseball player, he is just as good off the field.

``He does everything the right way,’’ Miosek said in July. ``He gets good grades, he’s respectful and he’s eager to help his teammates. He’s the total package.’’

Pohl will be the second player from the Cooperstown baseball team to head to a Division One school, as shortstop Frank Petroskey will play for the University of Vermont this season.

A catcher, Pohl did not make a single error the entire season, and also emerged as one of the team’s leading pitchers, going 4-1 with a 1.20 ERA, 55 strikeouts and six walks in 35 innings.

But if Pohl is to play in the major leagues some day, it will be as a catcher.

``I’m just going to keep working on my arm strength and footwork,’’ said Pohl. ``It’s a relief to have my college choice made and just be able to concentrate on my senior season.’’