On Monday, the Academic All-State Football Team was released for all seven classes plus the All Nations Conference. The Central South Dakota area was well represented especially the three time defending state Class 11AA State Champions, Pierre Governors. Seven players were named to the Academic All-State Team this year. The Governors had Cobey Carr, Garrett Stout, Grey Zabel, Isaac Buchholtz, Matt Heilman, Weston Gravatt and Will Kessler all make the team.
Sully Buttes was represented on the team with four students as Grant Johnson, Jett Lamb, Angela Guthmiller and Brianna Fanger made the team for the Chargers.
Lyman received two players on the All-State team with Crowin Mohr-Eymer and Justice Jessop while Miller/Highmore-Harrold also placed two on the team with Abby Ketelhut and Dylan McDonnell.
To earn Academic All State a player must have played football or been a member or manager of the football team for 3 years and maintain a 3.5 Grade Point Average. You can see a full list of the Academic All-State Team below
| Class | School | Student’s Name | Student’s Name | Student’s Name | Student’s Name | Student’s Name | Student’s Name |
| 11AAA | Aberdeen Central | Colton Hansen | Austin Huff | Dillon Stoebner | |||
| 11B | Aberdeen Roncalli | Antony Martinez | Jacob O’Keefe | Riley Weinmeister | Garrett Mitzel | ||
| 9B | Alcester-Hudson | Elizabeth Hallaway | |||||
| 9AA | Arlington/Lake Preston | Logan Williams | Gavin Holland | ||||
| 9AA | Baltic | Avery Nordbye | Sam Sittig | Coban Goehring | Zach Polzin | Brennan Turner | |
| 11A | Belle Fourche | Colby Nowowiejski | |||||
| 11A | Belle Fourche | Colby Tadra | |||||
| 11A | Belle Fourche | Jackson Tyndall | |||||
| 11A | Belle Fourche | Kelby Olson | |||||
| 11A | Belle Fourche | Kelby Olson | |||||
| 11A | Belle Fourche | Tate Larson | |||||
| 11B | Beresford | Brad Christensen | Alex Docken | Layne Miller | |||
| 11B | Beresford | Brady Christensen, Alex Docken, Layne Miller | |||||
| 9AA | Bon Homme | Cole Bares | Nate Scieszinski | Joshua Boots Crownover | Kaden Kozak | Connor Peters | Riley Hellmann |
| 11AAA | Brandon Valley | Cole Sylliaasen | Thomas Scholten | Jorey Sorenson | Cole Sylliaasen | ||
| 11AAA | Brandon Valley | Ryan Barker | Jackson Bruggeman | Braden Dybdahl | Ethan House | Eijah Klein | Hunter Marso |
| 11B | Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan | Chase Arend | Brady Hawkins | Jonah Hofer | Carson Brouwer | ||
| 9A | Britton | Chase Mundt | |||||
| 9A | Britton | Cole Fosness | |||||
| 9A | Britton | Levi Boyko | |||||
| 9A | Britton | Nick Nelson | |||||
| 11AA | Brookings | Preston Helmbolt | Caden Wrights | Matt Girard | Brady Ammann | Cayden Jacobsma | |
| 9A | Burke | Finn Hanson | |||||
| 9A | Burke | Frank Even | |||||
| 9A | Burke | Gavin York | |||||
| 9A | Burke | Taylee Indahl | |||||
| 9A | Burke | Tyson Mayer | |||||
| 9A | Canistota/Freeman | Bailey Sage | |||||
| 9A | Canistota/Freeman | Harley Cormany | |||||
| 9A | Canistota/Freeman | Micah Swensen | |||||
| 9A | Canistota/Freeman | Skylar Bultje | |||||
| 9A | Canistota/Freeman | Trey Ortman | |||||
| 11A | Canton High School | Isaac Dietzenbach | Joseph Heikkila | Shaeden Scheidt | Jarrett Smith | Samuel Stahl | Kayden Verley |
| 9B | Centerville | Hunter Ellis | |||||
| 9B | Centerville High School | Hunter Ellis | |||||
| 11B | Chamberlain High School | Shannon Brown | |||||
| 9A | Chester Area | Mason | Stanford | ||||
| 9AA | Clark/Willow Lake | Stone Burke | Garrett Warkenthien | Matt Streff | Madison Forest | ||
| 9B | Colman-Egan | Chase Hamer | Cole Tolley | Jazlynn Geditz | Abby Vetch | John Bowar | Derek Heitmann |
| 9B | Colman-Egan | Chase Hemmer | Cole Tolley | ||||
| 9B | Corsica/Stickney | Isaac Hinker | |||||
| 11A | Custer High School | AJ Kortemeyer | |||||
| 11A | Custer High School | Dathon Elmore | |||||
| 11A | Custer High School | Dylan Thaut | |||||
| 11A | Custer High School | Joshua Furse | |||||
| 11A | Custer High School | Micaiah Grace | |||||
| 9AA | Dakota Hills (Waubay, Wilmot, Summit) | Thomas Frankenhoff, Matthew Amdahl, Emmett Whempner, Damon Phillips, Tate Gaikowski | |||||
| 11A | Dakota Valley High School | Braeden Wickey | Brain Wickey | ||||
| 11A | Dell Rapids High School | Kade Gruis | Mason Goeken | Andy Nordstrom | Tyler Wood | Drew Van Regenmorter | |
| 9B | Dell Rapids St. Mary | Payton Park | Weston Geraets | Jordan Eining | Olivia Beck | ||
| 9AA | Deuel High School | Logan Stoltenburg | Mason Baer | Dylan Brandt | Logan Visser | ||
| 11B | Elk Point – Jefferson | Josh Lehman | Adam Grashoff | ||||
| 9B | Estelline/Hendricks | Hunter Miller | Marcus Hausman | Spencer Lutz | Harrison Wagner | ||
| 9B | Estelline/Hendrics | Hunter Miller | Marcis Hausman | Harrison Wegner | Spencer Lutz | ||
| 11B | Flandreau | Tristan Bietz | |||||
| 9AA | Florence/Henry | Adam Hagen | |||||
| 9AA | Great Plains Lutheran | Joe Tisher | |||||
| 9AA | Great Plains Lutheran | Sean Pluger | |||||
| 9A | Gregory High School | Evan Juracek | Aaron Sundquist | Luke Murray | Tommy Determan | Grant Thomas | |
| 9AA | Hamlin | Booker Noem | Nash Grantham | Nathan Holida | Kamron Haase | Hunter Arnold | Cole Roe |
| 9AA | Hamlin | Clay Popham | Kyler Swenson | ||||
| 9AA | Hanson | Casey Haynes | |||||
| 9AA | Hanson | Peyton Schroeder | |||||
| 9AA | Hanson | Reggie Slaba | |||||
| 9AA | Hanson | Simon Weber | |||||
| 9B | Harding County | Zack Anders | Robert Hansen | ||||
| 11AAA | Harrisburg | Sam Christensen | Nathan Tuttle | Blake Hanson | Jack Rabern | Ellion Buchanan | Brady Schultz |
| 9B | Hitchcock-Tulare | Bailey Binger | |||||
| 9B | Hitchcock-Tulare | Clint Nelson | |||||
| 9B | Hitchcock-Tulare | Gabe Clark | |||||
| 9B | Hitchcock-Tulare | Titus Waldner | |||||
| 11B | Hot Springs | Caleb Maciejewski, Teejay Atwood, Thomas Massa, Breanna Remington | |||||
| 9A | Howard | Isaac Feldhaus | |||||
| 9A | Howard | Jase Schwab | |||||
| 9A | Howard | Paul Winker | |||||
| 11AA | Huron | Cooper Fryberger | Hayden Hegg | Landon Hegg | Walker Schiltz | Spencer Lord | Spencer Hershman |
| 9A | Ipswich/Edmunds Central | Jordan Richardt | Lexi Stafford – Stat | ||||
| 9B | Irene-Wakonda | Alison Logue | |||||
| 9B | Irene-Wakonda | Jacob Jensen | Evan Logue | Cal Lucas | Gavin Spurrell | Tate Van Beek | Samantha Aune |
| 11B | jepodzi@hotmail.com | Chance Blaha | Corbin Johnson | ||||
| 9B | Kadoka Area | Kaelan Block | Greyson DeVries | Jarred Hicks | Richard Lamon, IV | Lavin Bendt | |
| 9B | Kadoka Area High School | Kaelan Block | Greyson DeVries | Jarred Hicks | Richard Lamont IV | Lavin Bendt | |
| 9A | Kimball/White Lake | Caden Lenz | Wyatt Talbott | Riley Purcell | Grace Konechne | ||
| 9B | Langford | Ady Dwight – stats | Chesney Olson – stats | ||||
| 11B | Lead-Deadwood | Jordy Stulken | |||||
| 9AA | Lemmon/McIntosh | Jerred Fergel | Max Mollman | ||||
| 11A | Lennox | Riley Williams | Kaleb Johnson | ||||
| 11AAA | Lincoln High School | Hunter Merkley | Elliot Hackett | Spencer Wasmund | Ayden Sand | Tyler Hiatt | Johnathan Smith |
| 11AAA | Lincoln High School | Mitchal Eichacker | |||||
| All-Nations | Little Wound | EmilioCespedes | |||||
| 9A | Lyman | Corwin Mohr-Eymer and Justice Jessop | |||||
| 9A | Lyman | Justice Jessop | |||||
| 11A | Madison | Mason Avery | Daniel Bounds | Cody Brown | Ammon Hawkes | AJ Peters | Tyler Tappe , Mitch Williams, Lizzy Ellingson |
| 11B | McCook Central Montrose | Raygen Randall | Jacob Cheeseman | Koltan Lindstrom | Collin Kolbeck | ||
| 9AA | Menno/Marion | Gavin Pankratz | Aidan Friesen | Avery Handel | Grant Handel | ||
| 11A | Milbank | JD Lusk | Alex Schuelke | Sam Seffrood | |||
| 11A | Milbank | JD Lusk IV | Alex Schuelke | Sam Seffrood | |||
| 11B | Miller/Highmore-Harrold | Abby Ketelhut | |||||
| 11B | Miller/Highmore-Harrold | Dylan McDonnell | Abby Ketelhut | ||||
| 11B | Miller/Highmore-Harrold | Dylan McDonnell | |||||
| 11AA | Mitchell High School | Peyton Nash, Carter Jacobsen, Ryan McGinnis, Isaac Rew | |||||
| 11B | Mobridge-Pollock | Reese Cerney | Josh Norder | Kregen Norder | Keene Schlomer | Jacob Steiger | |
| 11B | Mount Vernon/Plankinton | Hunter Pranger | Dylan Fink | ||||
| 9A | North Border | Cadin Kallenberger | |||||
| 9A | North Border | Cheyloh Brockel | |||||
| 9A | North Border | Isaac Morlock | |||||
| 9A | North Border | Zach Mueller | |||||
| 9A | Oldham-Ramona/Rutland | Brandon Trygstad | |||||
| 9AA | Parker | Mace Plucker | |||||
| 9AA | Parkston Trojans | Nathan Doering | Nathan Boettcher | Cole Van Zee | Tyrese Friederich | Rylan Leischner | |
| 11AA | Pierre | Cobey Carr | |||||
| 11AA | Pierre | Garrett Stout | |||||
| 11AA | Pierre | Grey Zabel | |||||
| 11AA | Pierre | Isaac Buchholtz | |||||
| 11AA | Pierre | Matt Heilman | |||||
| 11AA | Pierre | Weston Gravatt | |||||
| 11AA | Pierre | Will Kessler | |||||
| 11A | Pine Ridge | Dante L. Bravo | |||||
| 11A | Pine Ridge | William Dubray | |||||
| 9AA | Platte-Geddes | Kade Starr (3.75 GPA) | Landon Schulte (4.0 GPA) | ||||
| 9A | Potter County | Joey Wheeler | |||||
| 9AA | Rapid City Christian | Samuel Schlabach | |||||
| 11AAA | Rapid City Stevens HS | Bridger Nesbit | Colton Hartford | Jonathan Coronado | |||
| 11AAA | RC Stevens | Bridger Nesbit | Colton Hartford | Jonathon Coronado | |||
| All-Nations | Red Cloud | Riyen Carlow | |||||
| 11B | Redfield | Max Baloun | John Jungwirth | Gannon Pudwill | |||
| 9B | Scotland | Ty Mogck | Derek Pravecek | ||||
| 11A | SF Christian | Evan Aasen | |||||
| 11A | SF Christian | John Overby | |||||
| 11A | SF Christian | Zach Witte | |||||
| 11AAA | SF Roosevelt | Adam Kusler | Aaron Kusler | Brady Dannenbring | Max Miller | Nathan Moon | |
| 11AAA | Sioux Falls O’Gorman | Andrew Krouse | Jacob Doeden | Ronnie Bargemann | Logan Jones | Tate Wishard | Gunnar Jones |
| 11AAA | Sioux Falls O’Gorman | Lucas Berthelsen | Liam Sorenson | Kaden Hackman | Joe Mattecheck | Will Washenberger | Alexander Kowalczyk |
| 11AAA | Sioux Falls O’Gorman | Taryn Bennett | |||||
| 11AAA | Sioux Falls O’Gorman | Tip Reiman | Cade Mikuska | Jacob Byrd | Jonah Wuebben | Patrick Wilde | Taylor Neely |
| 11AAA | Sioux Falls Washington | Alyssa Buchholz | |||||
| 11AAA | Sioux Falls Washington | Ben Bartling | Ben Peterson | Brandon Dickens | Cole Hulstein | Wyatt Reitmeier | Trevor Sagness |
| 11B | Sioux Valley | Lane Vander Wal | |||||
| 11AA | Spearfish | Cade Lyon | |||||
| 11AA | Spearfish | Cade Lyon | |||||
| 11B | St. Thomas More High School | Braden Barbier | Karson Jegeris | Brandon Hilt | Samuel Matthes | Ryder Kirsch | Brett Gummo |
| 11AA | Sturgis Brown | Trevor Erlenbusch | Gabe Legner | Trevor Keierleber | Tegun Thomson | Daylen Rhodes | |
| 9A | Sully Buttes | Grant Johnson | Jett Lamb | Angela Guthmiller | Brianna Fanger | ||
| 9AA | Summit, Wilmot, Waubay (Dakota Hills) | Damon Phillips | Matthew Amdahl | Thomas Frankenhoff | Tate Gaikowski | Emmett Whempner | |
| 9B | Sunshine Bible Academy | Teigan Clark | Iver Paul | ||||
| 11A | Tea Area High Schol | Caden Hank | |||||
| 11A | Tea Area High School | Brayden Thompson | |||||
| 11A | Tea Area High School | Connor Tapia | |||||
| 11A | Tea Area High School | Eathen Erck | |||||
| 11A | Tea Area High School | Haidyn DeJean | |||||
| 11A | Tea Area High School | Hudson DeJean | |||||
| 11A | Tea Area High School | Joe Walnofer | |||||
| 11A | Tea Area High School | JT Panning | |||||
| 11A | Tea Area High School | Luke Elkins | |||||
| 11A | Tea Area High School | PJ Parmelee | |||||
| 11A | Tea Area High School | Soren Brands | |||||
| 9A | Timber Lake | Bergan Marshall | Isaac Kraft | ||||
| 9A | Timber Lake | Bergen Marshall | Isaac Kraft | ||||
| 11A | Todd County High School | Trent Poignee | King Horse Looking | ||||
| 11A | Tri-Valley | Jackson Blair | Hayden Fritz | Carson Norgaard | |||
| 11A | Vermillion | Ayden Lewison | Trevor Tarr | Brock Voss | |||
| 9AA | Viborg-Hurley | Ethan Engen | Shane Andersen | Justin Harms | |||
| 9A | Wall | Andrew Law | |||||
| 11AAA | Watertown | Jared Dale | |||||
| 11AAA | Watertown | Malachi Mennenga | Brett Fossum | Sam Strop | Will Lauseng | Mason German | Nate Ingalls |
| 11AAA | Watertown | Mason Lloyd | Ben Buri | Max Robel | Brandon Smith | Evan Falconer | Jacob VanDesseldrop |
| 9B | Waverly-South Shore High School | Caleb Stricherz | |||||
| 9B | Waverly-South Shore High School | Owen Comes | |||||
| 11B | Webster Area | Coby Reetz | |||||
| 11B | Webster Area | Jared Schlotte | |||||
| 11B | Webster Area | Matthew Block | |||||
| 11A | West Central | Connor Swanson | Truman Dick | Cooper Maras | Tyler Lundborg | ||
| 11B | Winner | Joren Bruun | Jacob Clay | Loren Moeller | Ryder Mortenson | Trevor Peters | Zane Mandl |
| 9B | Wolsey-Wessington | Brevan Hooks | Skylar Zomer | Sierra York | Lizzi Brandt | Courtney Sprecher | Tanner Horn |