The 6-foot-2, 210-pound senior running back and defensive back rushed for 1,512 yards and 26 touchdowns this past season, averaging 8.4 yards per carry and leading the Spartans (12-0) to the Class AA state title, the program’s first in 23 years. Haugo also caught two passes for 89 yards and a score. On defense, the two-time First Team All-State selection recorded 53 tackles, broke up nine passes and had three interceptions, returning one for a touchdown. Ranked as the state’s No. 3 recruit by 247Sports, he was named both the Class 2A Senior Football Athlete of the Year and the Midco Sports Senior Athlete of the Year.
Haugo has maintained a weighted GPA of 3.74 in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to play football on scholarship at North Dakota State University this fall.
A practiced piano and viola player, Haugo has volunteered locally as part of multiple community service initiatives in association with the National Honor Society. He has also served as a youth leader at First Lutheran Church in Fargo and as a North High Student Ambassador.