The Minnesota High School Football Coaches Association released the State Academic All-State team for each class. Several players from northwest Minnesota were named to the list.
Class 3A –
Brevyn Lingen (Thief River Falls)
Bode Magnuson (Pequot Lakes)
Class 2A –
Adam Tonsfeldt (Barnesville)
McHale Korf (Pelican Rapids)
Blake Norris (Warroad)
Jaden Norby (West Central Area)
Class A –
Carter Williams (Red Lake County)
Daunte Leiran (New York Mills)
Ethan Houselog (Otter Tail Central)
Nine-man –
Brandon Van Den Einde (Fertile-Beltrami)
Dan Aman (Nevis)
James Pederson (Stephen-Argyle)
Alex Jacobson (Win-E-Mac)
2020 INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC ALL-STATE Complete list
| Class 6A Individual Academic All-State Selections | ||
| Player Name | High School | |
| 1 | David Ayeni | Anoka |
| 2 | Zach Frank | Centennial |
| 3 | David (DJ) Myles | Champlin Park |
| 4 | Hayden Sanders | Champlin Park |
| 5 | Colby Sorensen | Eagan |
| 6 | Caden Nienow | East Ridge |
| 7 | Roscoe Torbenson | Eastview |
| 8 | Johnny Hartle | Eden Prairie |
| 9 | Jarrod Wisdorf | Farmington |
| 10 | Zac Janz | Farmington |
| 11 | Ethan Zimmerman | Forest Lake |
| 12 | Derek Ashland | Lakeville South |
| 13 | Luke Thompson | Lakeville South |
| 14 | Riley Mahlman | Lakeville South |
| 15 | Nate Elmes | Maple Grove |
| 16 | Jack Drobinski | St. Michael-Albertville |
| 17 | Luke Johnson | St. Michael-Albertville |
| 18 | Ian Hanlon | Stillwater Area |
| 19 | Joe Alt | Totino-Grace |
| Class 5A Individual Academic All-State Selections | ||
| Player Name | High School | |
| 1 | Isaiah Biehn | Bemidji |
| 2 | Connor Braaten | Cambridge-Isanti |
| 3 | Cooper Hanson | Chanhassen |
| 4 | Ryan Wilson | Elk River |
| 5 | Cameron Latvis | Henry Sibley |
| 6 | Noah Kiani | Irondale |
| 7 | Nick Flaskamp | Minneapolis Southwest |
| 8 | Andrew Gotziaman | Minneapolis Washburn |
| 9 | Sam Valor | Monticello |
| 10 | Jon Ouradnik | New Prague |
| 11 | Isaiah Huber | Rochester Century |
| 12 | Jack Ward | Rochester John Marshall |
| 13 | Garrison Soliday | Saint Thomas Academy |
| 14 | Aaron Reichard | Sauk Rapids-Rice |
| 15 | Chris Curtis | Spring Lake Par.k |
| 16 | Spencer Gustin | St. Cloud Tech |
| 17 | Anthony Gerlach | St. Francis |
| 18 | Bram Fitzsimonds | Waconia |
| Class 4A Individual Academic All-State Selections | ||
| Player Name | High School | |
| 1 | Bryce Boyd | Academy of Holy Angels |
| 2 | Nick Marinaro | Benilde-St. Margaret’s |
| 3 | Josh Hunt | Big Lake |
| 4 | Travis Underwood | Byron |
| 5 | Thomas Sargeant | Chisago Lakes |
| 6 | Michael Ude | Fridley |
| 7 | Kale Florek | Grand Rapids |
| 8 | Aaron Winkle | Kasson-Mantorville |
| 9 | Eli Olson | Mankato East |
| 10 | Jack Bly | Marshall |
| 11 | Logan Leonard | Mound Westonka |
| 12 | Gavyn Jensen-Schneider | North Branch Area |
| 13 | Joey Tilzer | Orono |
| 14 | Tucker Haakonson | ROCORI |
| 15 | Ethan Grant | St. Peter |
| 16 | Aiden Donelan | Willmar |
| 17 | Ryan Bouley | Zimmerman |
| Class 3A Individual Academic All-State Selections | ||
| Player Name | High School | |
| 1 | Owen Miller | Aitkin |
| 2 | William Mergen | Albany |
| 3 | Logan Purcell | Annandale |
| 4 | Jacob Gnerer | Dassel-Cokato |
| 5 | Tien Foudray | Holy Family Catholic |
| 6 | Brevyn Lingen | Thief River Falls (Lincoln) |
| 7 | Tyson Michels | Litchfield |
| 8 | Aiden Mikla | Milaca |
| 9 | Max Reichmann | Minnewaska Area |
| 10 | Jack Novak | New London-Spicer |
| 11 | Bode Magnuson | Pequot Lakes |
| 12 | Michael Leidenfrost | Pierz |
| 13 | Conner Schumacher | Plainview-Elgin-Millville |
| 14 | Will Tschetter | Stewartville |
| 15 | Eli Schlangen | Two Harbors |
| 16 | Dravyn Spies | Waseca |
| Class 2A Individual Academic All-State Selections | ||
| Player Name | High School | |
| 1 | Adam Tonsfeldt | Barnesville |
| 2 | Gavin Storbeck | Blue Earth Area |
| 3 | Andrew Kunelius | Caledonia |
| 4 | Michael Bautch | Eden Valley-Watkins |
| 5 | Jack Maxwell | International Falls |
| 6 | Bryer Larson | Lake Crystal Wellcome Mem. |
| 7 | Josiah Hedensten | Medford |
| 8 | Zach Yeager | Minneapolis North |
| 9 | Kenny Soderberg | Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta |
| 10 | McHale Korf | Pelican Rapids |
| 11 | Tim Tibesar | St. Agnes |
| 12 | Dylan Thompson | St. Clair/Mankato Loyola |
| 13 | Nathan Fultz | Tracy-Milroy-Balaton |
| 14 | Blake Norris | Warroad |
| 15 | Jaden Norby | West Central Area/Ashby |
| Class 1A Individual Academic All-State Selections | ||
| Player Name | High School | |
| 1 | Sam Grussing | Benson |
| 2 | Elliot Smith | Bethlehem Academy |
| 3 | Luke Larkoski | Blooming Prairie |
| 4 | Braeden Tersteeg | BOLD |
| 5 | Josh Steffen | Canby |
| 6 | Carter Williams | Red Lake County |
| 7 | Carson Kiehne | Fillmore Central |
| 8 | Dominic Henrichs | Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop |
| 9 | Rylan Behnke | Murray County Central |
| 10 | Daunte Leiran | New York Mills |
| 11 | Ethan Houselog | Ottertail Central |
| 12 | Owen Hezlep | Parkers Prairie |
| 13 | Kadon Strong | Sleepy Eye |
| 14 | Carter Johnson | Upsala/Swanville |
| 9-Man Individual Academic All-State Selections | ||
| Player Name | High School | |
| 1 | Kobe Reiland | Brandon-Evansville |
| 2 | Andrew Kosloski | Cromwell-Wright |
| 3 | Brandon Van Den Einde | Fertile-Beltrami |
| 4 | Daniel Smith | Grand Meadow |
| 5 | Preston Rohloff | Hancock |
| 6 | Eli Fest | Heron Lake-Okabena |
| 7 | Isaac Collier | LeRoy-Ostrander |
| 8 | Drew Dean | McGregor |
| 9 | Dan Aman | Nevis |
| 10 | James Pederson | Stephen-Argyle |
| 11 | Zach Brownlow | Verndale |
| 12 | Luc Stadler | Silver Bay |
| 13 | Alex Jacobson | Win-E-Mac |
