2023 Kentucky High School Football Academic All-Americans

The Kentucky Academic All-America Team honors student-athletes with a GPA or 3.7 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 Kentucky. 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 Kentucky Academic All-Americans

NameSchoolPositionClass
Anderson MitchellLexington ChristianWR2024
Andrew RobertsNorth LaurelOL2024
Asher AdkinsAshland BlazerWR2024
Baron HardestyBullitt EastDL2026
Benen LoAthertonOL2025
Braden CarpenterFrederick Douglass HighOL2024
Brady HensleyLexington ChristianRB2024
Brauck StrunkMcCreary CentralLB2026
Broderick Price DeSalesWR2024
Brooks KerwinLexington ChristianOL2025
Bryce ButtonSouth WarrenQB2025
Buddy CollinsScott CountyDB2025
Caden BowlingBreathitt CountyRB2024
Caleb ConwayAshland BlazerQB2026
Carter ConleyJohnson CentralRB2024
Chris WrightFrederick Douglass HighDB2025
Cole CarpenterMadison SouthernQB2024
Cole HodgeChristian Academy of LouisvilleQB2024
Cole MaysDeSalesLB2024
Collin Wilson MurrayQB2024
Connor FranklinChristian Academy-LouisvilleLB2024
Cooper RanvierFrederick Douglass HighK2024
Dane ParsleyWarren EastQB2025
Daniel Thomas Bell CountyRB2024
Dylan DuckwylerAshland BlazerWR2026
Eli PhelpsRockcastle CountyOL2027
Elijah Collins Lloyd MemorialWR2025
Evan CaiseFrederick Douglass HighDL2024
Evan HoardDeSalesDB2024
Faustin LukaFrederick Douglass HighOL2026
Garrett CrumBoyd CountyWR2024
Garrett HaleFrederick Douglass HighOL2025
Hayes PrestonLexington ChristianOL2025
Ismail NajiFrederick Douglass HighLB2025
Jackson DillowLexington ChristianWR2025
Jackson StephensLafayetteDB2025
Jasiah ClayFrederick Douglass HighLB2024
Jaxon RamseyFrederick Douglass HighDL2026
Jaxon StrautmanFrederick Douglass HighQB2026
Jayden TaylorLexington ChristianLB2024
Jaydon AbbottFrederick Douglass HighLB2024
Jeremiah LoweFrederick Douglass HighQB2024
Jones GowingFrederick Douglass HighLB2025
Jullian SeymourGreen CountyRB2024
Kace EastridgeCampbellsvilleQB2026
Kadin ThompsonWest CarterRB2026
Kamari GiglioMcCreary CentralWR2025
Karsten BuschSt. XavierTE2026
Kolter SmithMaleQB2024
LaBryant StraderAshland BlazerQB2025
Landon BlountDeSalesOL2024
Landon MenifeeFrederick Douglass HighDB2024
Layne AlfordFranklin-SimpsonLB2025
Logan BussonFrederick Douglass HighLB2025
Lucas CorlissAshland BlazerDL2026
Major BrownLexington ChristianLB2024
Marcus JonesFrederick Douglass HighOL2026
Matthew LordFrederick Douglass HighTE2026
Maverick AshbyAshland BlazerRB2027
Michael Mulvihill CooperLB2025
Nate BarnhardtLexington ChristianWR2024
Nate FreizeAshland BlazerTE2024
Parker ChaneyLexington ChristianWR2024
Qwynton ChristopherFrederick Douglass HighDL2024
Sam LyonsAshland BlazerWR2026
Saxton HowardLexington ChristianQB2025
Seandre MaxberryFrederick Douglass HighDL2025
Spencer CombsOwensboroLB2024
Steven ArandaFrederick Douglass HighOL2025
Terrion Curry HicksFrederick Douglass HighDB2024
Trefor ThomasLexington ChristianOL2025
Trevor MorganLexington CatholicQB2024
Tristan Robertson Floyd Central QB2024
Will BivensLexington ChristianDL2024
Will RichLexington ChristianTE2024
Xander ContrerasGlasgowDL2026
Zane CartwrightMayfieldQB2024

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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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.