High School Football America congratulates the student-athletes on our 4th annual Academic All-America team for the state of Illinois. 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.
scoutSMART uses its proprietary system that gives high school football student-athletes a scoutSMART FIT Score that analyzes a players’ stats, on-field skills and academics. scoutSMART then provides the information to college football coaches, at all-levels, around the nation.
Below you can see this year’s honorees.
2023 Illinois Academic All-Americans
| Name | School | Position | Class |
| Aidan Harrison | Brooks | LB | 2024 |
| Aiden Wiseman | Dixon | RB | 2024 |
| Andres Munoz | Joliet Catholic Academy | QB | 2024 |
| Anthony Palano | Buffalo Grove | LB | 2024 |
| Austin Kittl | Joliet West | LB | 2025 |
| Braxton Bartz | Plainfield North | TE | 2024 |
| Cameron Bates | Grayslake North | WR | 2025 |
| Chase Fink | Mt. Zion | DB | 2024 |
| Christopher Piazza | Providence Catholic | OL | 2024 |
| Darion Lee | Eisenhower – Decatur | QB | 2025 |
| Dominic Vashkelis-Benson | Yorkville | TE | 2024 |
| Emeir White | Brother Rice | DB | 2026 |
| Gavin Honken | York | OL | 2024 |
| George Rouse | Champaign Central | QB | 2025 |
| Gio Long | Addison | WR | 2024 |
| Grant Ellinger | Naperville Central | OL | 2024 |
| Jack Pagel | Olympia | RB | 2024 |
| Jacob Benson | Hononegah | OL | 2025 |
| Jacob Harvey | Mt. Zion | WR | 2026 |
| Jake Huffman | Schaumburg | QB | 2025 |
| Jake Junia | Mundelein | RB | 2025 |
| James Hill | Urban Prep-Bronzeville | WR | 2025 |
| Jermone Hall Jr | Freeport | DL | 2024 |
| Jimmy LaPapa | Lockport | OL | 2024 |
| Joshua Hodge | Civic Memorial | OL | 2024 |
| JT Poynton | Lincoln-Way East | DB | 2024 |
| Kyle Corbin | South Elgin | DB | 2024 |
| Lance Ingold | Rochester | WR | 2024 |
| Logan Devick | Naperville Central | WR | 2024 |
| Logan Farrell | Hersey | TE | 2025 |
| Marc Coy | Marist | RB | 2024 |
| Michael Dellumo | Maine South | RB | 2025 |
| Olaf Kozub | St. Laurence | LB | 2026 |
| Patrick Heneghan | New Trier | QB | 2025 |
| Pharell Hart | Urban Prep-Bronzeville | DL | 2026 |
| Preston Coleman | Joliet Catholic | QB | 2025 |
| Sam Easter | Red Bud | WR | 2024 |
| Sam Seth | Libertyville | WR | 2025 |
| Seth Adams | LaSalle-Peru | K | 2024 |
| Sharjeel Amin | Berwyn/Cicero Morton | OL | 2026 |
| Tayshawn Harper | Crete-Monee | WR | 2024 |
| Tim Savchuk | Oswego East | OL | 2024 |
| Timotei Dan | Lake Forest | LB | 2025 |
| Yohanness Jean-Francois | Evanston | LB | 2024 |
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.
