Fargo North’s Haugo emerging as one of the North Dakota prospects for Class of 2024

FARGO – Peder Haugo grew to become a family title this fall for soccer followers within the metro, due to his 18 touchdowns in main Fargo North to the Class 11A title sport, the place the Spartans misplaced to Jamestown.

But it surely wasn’t simply followers that acquired to know him. So too did the teaching staffs at North Dakota State and the College of North Dakota. Haugo was provided soccer scholarships by every faculty over the past two weeks.

“Once I first acquired the NDSU provide, it felt surreal. Rising up 5 minutes away from the stadium and at last acquired the chance to play and simply having the religion in me was loopy. Going as much as Grand Forks the week after and getting the provide and see my telephone blow up from coaches was simply loopy.” Haugo mentioned.

The 6-foot-1, 200 pound tailback is without doubt one of the state’s prime soccer prospects for the Class of 2024. He ran for 1,002 yards to go together with his 18 scores. Haugo was named a first-team all-state operating again due to that season, which was the second straight all-state choice for the Spartan. These sort of accolades has made Division I soccer a risk.

“As quickly as I stepped foot on the highschool soccer discipline, I noticed that I do not assume I may reside life and never discover out that I did not play so long as I may.”

Haugo is fielding calls and messages from greater than a handful of Division I groups. He has a go to to Colorado State deliberate within the coming weeks. What place Haugo will play in faculty continues to be up for grabs as effectively. NDSU has instructed Haugo they’d need him to play security. UND sees Haugo doubtlessly at operating again.

“It is primarily protection the place colleges are taking a look at me. I am most likely too tall and never fast sufficient to play operating again.” Haugo says via a smile.

“It went throughout bizarre when the faculty coaches first began speaking to me about it. However I will play wherever they want me to play.”

He says he’d prefer to decide this summer time and may’t imagine how a lot these colleges wish to speak to him.

“I did not assume it will be as private because it was. I did not assume I’d be getting coaches calling me all of the the time or texting me asking me to return to have dinner. I for positive thought for positive it will be ‘here is your provide and by no means converse to me once more.’ It is much more dialog and attempt to get to know you.”

Dom Izzo is the Sports activities Director at WDAY-TV. He started working for WDAY in 2006 because the weekend sports activities anchor and was promoted to Sports activities Director in 2010.