2023 California High School Football Academic All-Americans

The 2023 California Academic All-America Team is made up of student-athletes with a 3.7 GPA or higher.
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High School Football America congratulates the student-athletes on our 4th annual Academic All-America team for the state of California. All of the honorees attained a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher while being a varsity contributor last season.

Once again, this year, our Academic All-America team is powered by scoutSMART.

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Below you can see this year’s honorees.

2023 California Academic All-Americans

NameSchoolPosition Class
Adrian AldamaSan PedroOL2024
Aidan HoustonCypressQB2024
Alejandro DavalosSan BernardinoOL2024
Alonzo EsparzaLos AlamitosQB2025
Amir DuttTaftWR/DB2024
Angel Toscano-LeonIndioK2024
Anthony BushmeyerTorranceLB2024
Antonio DiazTustinDL2024
Arlan KoesterHesperia ChristianQB2024
Augie EvansPalisadesTE2026
Austin McDanelXavier PrepDB2025
Ayan KaushalThe Webb SchoolsDB2024
Battle GideonsSt. Margaret’sLB2024
Bear BachmeierMurrieta ValleyQB2025
Benjamin BurnsWestminsterQB2024
Benjamin MezaSt. BonaventureLB2024
Blake BryceNewbury ParkTE 2025
Brayden BoothSultanaLB2025
Brodie StumpKearnyQB2025
Bryce GrangerCentennial – CoronaLB2024
Brycen RuddVista MurrietaDB2024
Caden BarnwellEnochsLB2025
Caleb GlassowDon Bosco TechOL2024
Caleb MatthewsJustin GarzaQB2025
Calvin MooreOrange VistaDB2024
Cash ElmquistPiedmontLB2025
Chauncey DavisEtiwandaDB2024
Christian Knoos Oaks ChristianLB2025
Christopher CooperBeaumontQB2024
Cole OwensCasa RobleWR2024
Cole PaxtonRim of the WorldRB  2024
Collin BrasilSierra PacificWR2024
Cornell HatcherCorona CentennialRB  2024
Daequan JonesSunnysideLB2024
Daniel KamaraChristian BrothersDB2025
Daniel OlveraShafterOL2025
Daniel RodriguezShafterLB2025
Danyel KhanSage HillWR2024
Darren JeffLemooreDB2025
Dash BeierlyMater DeiQB2025
David GoularteTracyDB2026
Dominic ZanteMater DeiK2025
Donovan FreemanKnightRB  2024
Draiden TrudeauMission ViejoQB2025
Drew Brei CarmelK2024
Drew Henderson BerkeleyQB2024
Drew Shanley San ClementeWR2024
Dylan Fingersh Capistrano ValleyK2024
Dylan RubinoSan PedroWR2025
Eddie Gill BurlingameQB2024
Ehraim Isaac MillerSan PedroOL2024
Eric NajarroGlendoraQB2024
Estevan FloresBonita VistaDB2025
Ethan DunlapShafterOL2025
Ezekiel OsborneShafterQB2026
Fale GatoloaiCorona CentennialOL2025
Fernando SandovalRancho CotateLB2025
Gilbert Villareal IIIGrand TerraceLB2024
Hayden HowardFoothillOL2024
Holden NaginYorba LindaQB2025
Jackson AskinsValencia – ValenciaQB2024
Jackson KollockLaguna BeachQB2025
Jacob GoldbergMira CostaRB  2024
Jake GarciaCantrell Sacred Heart of MaryQB2025
Jake PooleSan ClementeK2024
Jake ShirleyEl Camino RealDL2024
James TrevinoGreat OakWR  2024
Jarret NielsenLong Beach JordanQB2025
Jason Robinson JrLong Beach PolyWR2024
Jeff Vander PoelShafterOL2024
Jerod Bubba SmithFowlerQB2025
Jesus FigeuroaShafterWR2024
Jimmy Voorhies College ParkDB2025
JJ JohnsonEnterpriseQB2025
Joe DexterCasa RobleOL/LB2024
Johnny LimonLincolnQB2024
Jon ClassMission HillsTE/DE2024
Jordan AlemaniaPiedmontDL2025
Joseph HuntSteele CanyonOL2024
Josiah CampbellChristian BrothersLB2025
JP MialovskiMillikanQB2025
Julian SandovalHillcrestWR2025
Justin SayinCarlsbadQB2024
Kingston TisdellBirminghamQB2025
Kyngstonn Viliamu-AsaSt. John BoscoLB2024
Leo HannanServiteQB2025
Luka MardesichSan PedroWR2024
Luke Baker San Ramon ValleyQB2024
Luke BuggsLong Beach PolyWR  2024
Luke Whitfield Laguna HillsK2025
Malik WhiteRancho CucamongaOL2026
Manoouel Saka Steele CanyonLB2024
Mario CrocittoMarin CatholicDE2024
Mariyon SloanShafterWR2026
Mark HyanLoyolaP2024
Markos LagiosPiedmontQB2025
Max GonzalesSan ClementeDB2024
Max RuffSt. Margaret’s EpiscopalQB 2024
Michael TollefsonJSerra QB2025
Miles ReidWest CovinaLB/WR2024
Mosese AfemuiSummitDL2025
Mylan SockwellAntelope ValleyOL2024
Nate Richie Capistrano Valley ChristianQB2025
Nicholas PattersonEscondido CharterRB2024
Nonso Ndukwe KingDB2024
Oracio Macias RomeroGlennLB2024
Owen LongLa SernaRB2024
Patrick LauifiHelixDB2024
Phoenix LawrenceEdisonQB2024
Preston JerneganSt. FrancisTE2024
Riley BeaucaireBeaumontDB2024
Robert MarnaniSan PedroWR2024
Robert McDanielHughsonQB2025
Rome ThomasSultanaLB2025
Ryan IsenhartCapistrano ValleyTE2024
Sam GreenMartin Luther King (Riverside)LB2024
Sam ShelbyPiedmontWR2025
Sammy SilviaCulver CityQB2024
Santiago RiveraSan PedroQB2024
Seth ShiggaChaminadeQB2025
Sharky TamaleMcClymondsLB2025
Sione VaileaMcClymondsOL2025
Smith HilfikerHoltvilleOL2025
Steele PizzellaNotre Dame (Sherman Oaks)QB2025
Tanishq DwivediKennedy – La PalmaQB2024
Thomas FelixEisenhowerRB2025
Tommy Acosta Capistrano ValleyQB2025
Tony GutierrezBishop MontgomeryQB2024
Travis LeonardSerraOL  2024
Tre PeopleNorcoQB2025
Tristan BobadillaWillowsQB/CB2024
Troy TaberOak RidgeLB2026
Tusitala IliOrange LutheranLB2024
Tyus MillerClovis EastQB2025
Urial GaribayRubidouxTE2024
Weston JonesAvalonQB2024
Weston PortSan Juan HillsLB2025
William HalapuaBellarmine College PrepLB2024
Wyatt BeckerSierra CanyonQB2025
Xavier FloresBarstowLB2024
Zack RodriguezLoaraQB2024
Zain BhaktaHuntington BeachQB2024
Zeke BussiereAgouraTE2024

The 2023 HSFA Academic All-America team is made-up of over 4,000 student-athletes. Over the first four years, we honored more than 14,000 student-athletes from across the nation.

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