The Minnesota High School Football Coaches Association has announced the 2026 Academic All-State teams and individuals.
GOLD teams have a 3.26 to 4.00 team GPA
SILVER teams have a 3.0 to 3.25 GPA
The State Champion for highest team GPA was the Stephen-Argyle Storm with a GPA of 3.70.
9-PLAYER –
Champion – Stephen-Argyle (Coach Ethan Marquis) – 3.70 GPA
Gold awards-
Fertile-Beltrami (Coach Chris Zimmel) 3.54 GPA
Win-E-Mac – (Coach Aaron Cook) 3.47 GPA
Norman County East/UH – (Coach Dustin Flaten) 3.39 GPA
CLASS A –
Champion – Nevis (Coach Keven Longtin) 3.58 GPA
Gold Awards –
Park Christian (Coach Matt Baasch) 3.43 GPA
Lake Park-Audubon (Coach PJ Peterson) 3.38 GPA
Red Lake County (Coach Brian Remick) 3.31 GPA
CLASS AA –
Champion – Maple River (Coach Dusty Drager) 3.64 GPA
Gold Awards-
Hawley (2nd place) Coach Nathan Brager – 3.59 GPA
Pelican Rapids (Coach Eli Beachy) 3.51 GPA
Silver Awards –
Frazee (Coach Russ Hackel) 3.16 GPA
Warroad (Coach Brandon Barker) 3.09 GPA
CLASS AAA –
Champion – Albany (Coach Mike Ellingson) 3.51 GPA
Gold Awards –
East Grand Forks (Coach Ryan Kasowski) 3.28 GPA
Minnewaska Area (Coach Jared Lyle) 3.26 GPA
Silver Awards –
Pequot Lakes (Coach Bill Magnuson) 3.22 GPA
INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC ALL-STATE AWARDS-
A lot of area players received All-Academic All-State awards and they are listed below by class.
9-PLAYER –
Will Foss (BGMR)
Jack Erickson (Fertile-Beltrami)
Hoyt Jensen (NCE/UH)
Hayden Johnson (Win-E-Mac)
CLASS A –
Boe Nelson (Red Lake County)
CLASS AA –
Grady Larson (Pelican Rapids)
Parker Moes (Warroad)
CLASS AAA –
Cormac Doty (East Grand Forks)
Alex Asmus (Morris Area)
