On the field, Joe Holland is decisive and explosive.

In his mind, however, the Bishop Chatard High School tailback was uncertain and tentative. Holland rushed for nearly 1,000 yards after moving from linebacker as a sophomore for one of Indiana's most storied programs, but it wasn't until he was deep into a 2,000-yard junior year that he felt confident and comfortable on the field.

It's that combination of talent and quest for improvement that produced a great player and leader and earned Holland the North Player of the Year Award.

"I was even nervous coming into freshman football. I had no idea what kind of impact I would make," he said.

"I thought it was a huge privilege to be a part of the defense (at outside linebacker) as a sophomore, and I made the most of every moment out there because I knew how lucky I was to be in a position to start on a team like that."

Bishop Chatard was just as lucky.

When tailback Dray Mason was injured that season, Holland moved to tailback and rushed for 973 yards and 11 touchdowns for a team that reached semistates.

He rushed for 2,257 yards and 32 touchdowns last season on the Class 3A runner-up and added 2,040 and 35 more scores in leading the Trojans to this year's state title. Holland scored Bishop Chatard's only touchdown on a 20-yard, fourth-down run in the 7-0 victory over Norwell.

"He's an outstanding young man," coach Vince Lorenzano said of the program's all-time leading rusher with 5,270 yards.

"He's a great student. A great role model. He represents the kids that are highly skilled and talented, but he also can work with kids that are not as athletic. It's unusual he's able to transcend all that, and it made him a great leader."

Holland, who has orally committed to Purdue University, where he'll move to the defensive backfield, leads the 31-player North Honor Team. There was a wealth of talent to choose from, as the area produced three state champions -- Bishop Chatard, Cathedral and Sheridan -- and a state runner-up in Carmel.

Carmel's Mo Moriarity was selected the North Coach of the Year after leading the Greyhounds to their first state title appearance since 1989.

Those honored were chosen based on a vote by area coaches with input from The Star's sports staff.

Offense

Pos.	Player	School	Ht.	Wt.	Year
WR	Terron Bibbs	Lawrence North	6-2	180	Sr.
WR	Kody LeMond	Pendleton Heights	5-11	165	Sr.
WR	Jon Pavey	Zionsville	5-11	165	Sr.
OL	Tony Carter	North Central	6-1	300	Sr.
OL	Robert Hobson	Sheridan	6-5	304	Sr.
OL	Alex Hoffman	Cathedral	6-6	270	Sr.
OL	Kreg Hunter	Lebanon	6-4	300	Sr.
OL	Mike Switzer	Lawrence North	6-5	285	Sr.
OL	Dennis Zeigler	Pike	6-6	330	Sr.
QB	Justin Boser	Hamilton Heights	6-2	205	Sr.
QB	Tyler Reimer	Zionsville	6-2	215	Sr.
QB	Kyle Tweed	Pendleton Heights	6-3	176	Sr.
RB	Joe Holland	Bishop Chatard	6-2	205	Sr.
RB	Aaron King	Carmel	5-10	190	Jr.
RB	Chad Spann	North Central	5-9	190	Sr.
RB	Marcus Spann	Hamilton Southeastern	6-1	185	Sr.
RB	William Stubbs	Cathedral	5-11	210	Sr.
PK	Eric Groganz	Carmel	6-0	170	Sr.

Defense

Pos.	Player	School	Ht.	Wt.	Year
DL	Adam Brockman	Lebanon	6-3	230	Sr.
DL	Kakpindi Jamiru	Cathedral	5-8	200	So.
DL	Ernie Lee	North Central	6-3	260	Sr.
DL	Josh Martin	Bishop Chatard	6-3	217	Sr.
DL	Nick Sliger	Hamilton Southeastern	6-3	270	Jr.
LB	Kevin Haverstock	Carmel	5-11	190	Sr.
LB	Connor O'Banion	Carmel	6-1	210	Jr.
LB	Taylor Scott	Sheridan	6-2	226	Sr.
DB	Josh Powers	Hamilton Southeastern	6-1	175	Sr.
DB	Nate Powers	Hamilton Southeastern	6-1	175	Sr.
DB	T.J. Stark	Cathedral	6-2	170	Sr.
DB	Nick Zachery	Sheridan	6-2	190	So.
P	Zach Sheppard	Heritage Christian	6-2	195	Sr.

Player of the Year: Joe Holland, Bishop Chatard.

Coach of the Year: Mo Moriarity, Carmel.

Honorable mention

Bishop Chatard: Nik Beery, Ben Buhler, Kyle Dietrick, Rob Doyle, Mike Dum, John Dury, Jake Hart, Tyler Kleinschmidt, Zak Martin, Dan Muchler, Justin Robinson, Steve Valdiserri, Kevin White.

Brebeuf Jesuit: Jake Duguid, Allen Goebl, Jason Jointer, Greg Sevastianos.

Broad Ripple: Bruce Anderson, Dwayne Donigan, Mark Kovacevic, Nick Reynolds, Leroy Tealor.

Carmel: Jordan Brewer, Mark Giacomantonio, Kyle Hohlier, Ryan Huffman, Ryan Murray, Kyle Sattison, Chad Schenkel, Matt Zaudtke.

Cathedral: Mark Branigan, Justin Cureton, Max Davis, Vince Evans, Dan Hess, Scotty Hunt, Cameron Koehne, Alex Koors, Robert Maci, Glenn Miller, Graham Powell, Bobby Powers, Michael Purol, Aaron Rohrer, Dan Rutigliano.

Fishers: Ryan Harris, Matt Hitt, Zach Hoke, Brody Kalbaugh, Zach Rogers, Nico Walker.

Guerin: Nick Augustinovicz, Dan Iafrato, Xavier Murphy.

Hamilton Heights: Ross Eckart, Justin Edwards, Cody Henderson, Beau Huelster, Austin McKinney, Cory Robinson, Dan Rushton, Chad Sherer.

Hamilton Southeastern: Ross Brenner, Chris Carlino, Cory Cronk, Scott Eaton, Kyle Fitzgerald, Tyrone Hines, Zach Heiniger, Brandon Kiel.s

Heritage Christian: Eric Burke, Matt Cook, Morgan Cook, John Frisby, Garrett Meador, Josh Mills.

Indiana Deaf: Jarvis Beaver, A.J. Christian, Hipolito Deluna, Gabriel Paulone, Tony Slone.

Lapel: E.J. Cripe, Marty Pritchett.

Lawrence Central: Mark Dowd, Eddie Ervin, Drew Hormann, Terry Johnson, Josh Meredith, Patrick Pastures.

Lawrence North: Nick Akers, Collin Coffer, Drew Detzler, Ivory Hemingway, Anthony Hicks.

Lebanon: Colt Barrickman, Nic Cline, Travis King, Eli Smith, Brittain Warner, Kyle Wilson.

Noblesville: Brian Adams, Zack Birge, Raymond Burks, Joey Casey, Jess Cochran, Michael Schoening, Ryan Wides.

North Central: Charlie Clark, J.D. East, Al Hollingsworth, Devin Hunter, Andrew Johnson, Tommy Pribbeno, Matt Wagner.

Park Tudor: Clifford Hull, Hank Powell, Austin Turner.

Pendleton Heights: Garrett Dulworth, Bub Eytchison, Michael Joyce, Jason McKenney.

Pike: Rod Hardy, Alex Hernandez, Cameron Lowry, James Pannell, Darrell Ricker.

Sheridan: Dustin Colvin, David Covert, Drake DeVol, Matt Griffin.

Western Boone: Dustin Anderson, Bobby Knox, Joe Zimmerman.

Westfield: Andrew Black, Rich Bray, Jared Heinz, Jacob Phillips, Sean Stephens, Matt Zmich.

Zionsville: Tyler Hackman, Austin Kramer, Matt Ostendorf, Ryan Preuss.