Drake Hofer, center, along with his brothers, Chase and Shane, met Sportscenter anchor Neil Everett during a trip to Boston for a play-by-play camp.

Remember this name: Drake Hofer.

You might be seeing him on ESPN one day, but probably not on the highlight reel.

Instead you may seem him behind the desk as an anchor, delivering sports scores and information.

Hofer, 12, took part in a weeklong Scholastic Play-by-Play Network broadcasting camp this summer on the campus of Boston University in Massachusetts.

Hofer’s mother, Paige, said the family took a sports-centered vacation, and the camp was just a small part of the family’s trip to the Northeast.

“We did tour ESPN, and we went to the baseball and basketball hall of fames,” Paige said. “We kinda made it into a big sports trip.”

The highlight of the vacation for Hofer, though, was surely the camp where he was able to envision himself as a sportscaster and get a look at what his future may hold.

He said the sports broadcasting day camp for 10- to 18-year-olds was advertised in Sports Illustrated for Kids. The camp let him get a small taste of the daily life of a professional anchor.

Hofer tried everything from doing play-by-play commentary for actual games to learning how to read a teleprompter.

“We practiced what they really do on TV,” Hofer said.

He said his favorite part of the experience was when he did a standup report at Fenway Park.

The camp’s website, http://playbyplaycamps.com, says campers get the opportunity to work with “real professionals.” In Hofer’s case, one of those professionals was, Dave Lewis, the head coach of the National Hockey League’s Boston Bruins. As part of the camp, Hofer had the chance to interview Lewis.

Sports figures were not the only people Hofer came in contact with.

He also rubbed shoulders with celebrities while in Boston.

During the family’s tour of the ESPN studios, Hofer and his brothers, Chase and Shane, met Sportscenter anchor Neil Everett, thanks to a family friend.

“It was cool to actually meet someone you want to grow up to be like,” Hofer said.

The sixth-grader said he enjoyed the camp and recommends it to others.

“If you want to be a broadcaster, that’s really what I would want to do to get started,” he said.

Now that he’s gotten started, give it 15 or 20 years, then flip to ESPN and look for the anchor who looks like he has been doing it forever.

It just might be Drake.