from Harness Horsemen International

Burlington, NJ — Kyle Allen Budach has been awarded the 2015 Harness Horsemen International $4,000 Jerome L. Hauck Scholarship.

Kyle, age 20, hails from Janesville, Minn., and is currently enrolled at the University of North Dakota where he is pursuing a degree in commercial aviation. His father Greg is a longtime driver-trainer on the “Land of the 10,000 Lakes” harness circuit and is a member of the Minnesota Harness Racing’s Board of Directors.

In addition to the Hauck Scholarship, Kyle received a University of North Dakota Presidential Scholarship which will assist in paying his tuition. He currently maintains a 3.6 scholastic average (GPA) and is engaged in countless extracurricular activities and organizations.

Prior to college, Kyle was on the A-honor roll throughout high school (2009-2013); was an Academic All Conference/All Sports (2009-2013) and was a Presidential Academic Award winner in all sports (2009-2013). He was captain of his wrestling team (2012) and National Honor Society Treasurer from 2010-2013. And he was captain of his football team in 2013 and a member from 2009-2013. He has also been a volunteer at St. Ann’s Church from 2009 to the present and also at the Grand Forks Humane Society from 2014 to the present.

An avid harness racing fan, Kyle served as the clerk, photo finish man and timer for the Minnesota harness racing circuit from 2011 to the present and hopes one day to own his own horses.

“I’ve been involved with harness racing my whole life,” Kyle stressed. “I hope to own my own harness horses someday.”

Kyle, who garnered his Private Pilot License in 2013, says his career goal is to “fly internationally for the airlines” after graduation. “I’m currently working on my Commercial Pilots License at the University of North Dakota,” he noted.

As Mark Corless, the President of the Minnesota Harness Racing, Inc., stated, Kyle has “exceptional multi-tasking skills,” and “is very intelligent and always conducts himself with great humility and compassion.”

Harness Horsemen International is delighted to present this scholarship to such a deserving candidate as Kyle Budach.