High School Football America congratulates the student-athletes on our 4th annual Academic All-America team for the state of New York. 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 New York Academic All-Americans
| Name | School | Position | Class |
| Alex Barmore | Panama | TE | 2025 |
| Anthony Valdez | Long Island Lutheran | RB | 2024 |
| Ayden Smartt | Cardinal Hayes | LB | 2025 |
| Bradley Schwartz | MacArthur | LS | 2024 |
| Brady Feliciotto | John Jay – Hopewell Junction | QB | 2024 |
| Devin Darrell | Lockport | OL | 2025 |
| Isiah Council | Auburn | DL | 2024 |
| James Gescheidle | Highland | RB | 2024 |
| Jesse Brooks | Half Hollow Hills West | WR | 2025 |
| Joel Lomax | North Babylon | FB | 2024 |
| Joseph Dellavecchia | Xavier | DL | 2024 |
| Jude York | Canandaigua Academy | WR | 2024 |
| Lorenzo Riddick | Long Island Lutheran | DL | 2025 |
| Lucas Martin | Hills East | WR | 2025 |
| Luka Skoda | St. John the Baptist | LB | 2025 |
| Mason Baye | Central Square | WR | 2025 |
| Michael Hundzynski | Pleasantville | LB | 2024 |
| Nico Calandrello | Kennedy Catholic | WR | 2025 |
| Reid Jones | Cardinal Hayes | WR | 2025 |
| Ricardo Lagares Jr | Churchville-Chili | RB | 2024 |
| Ryan Cole | Somers | DL | 2024 |
| Ryan Horigan | Pleasantville | LB | 2024 |
| Thomas Bacon Jr | Long Island Lutheran | WR | 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.
