Podcast: scoutSMART Founder Diane Bloodworth talks about the HSFA Academic All-America Team

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High School Football America is accepting nominations for its fourth annual Academic All-America Team, powered by scoutSMART.

HSFA co-founder Jeff Fisher talks with scoutSMART Founder/CEO Diane Bloodworth on today’s podcast about the 2023 AAA team and how her company is helping student-athletes, especially those with outstanding skills in the classroom.

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.

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Coaches, the process is easy to nominate your student-athletes. Email us your player/players, who meet following qualifications:

  1. A contributing member of a varsity football program during the 2023 season
  2. Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.7 on a 4.0 scale.

If your student-athlete qualifies, make sure you provide the following:

  • Student’s Name
  • High School
  • Position
  • Class
  • GPA
  • Test Scores: ACT/SAT (if available)
  • A short description of their contribution on-and-off the field

Email your nomination(s) to HSFA at [email protected]

NEW this year, a student-athlete and/or their parent(s) can nominate themselves or their children! In order to nominate yourself or your child, please go to scoutSMART to fill-out a profile for FREE.

Click here to start your scoutSMART profile for FREE

The nomination period will close on March 20, 2024.

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About the Author

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.