Senior quarterback Andrew Holland, one of the top passers in the history of Saint Ignatius football, joined Wildcats dynamic junior outside linebacker Scott McVey on the 2008 Associated Press Division I All-Ohio first team.

Holland, who has passed for 2,609 yards and 25 touchdowns this fall, shared the state’s Offensive Player of the Year Award with North Canton Hoover junior running back Erick Howard and Cincinnati Elder junior quarterback Mark Miller.

Miller and Holland will matchup in the Division I state championship game on Saturday at Canton’s Fawcett Stadium. The kickoff is 7 p.m., and the game will be televised live by SportsTime Ohio.

Holland enters the title game in third place on Saint Ignatius’ all-time list for passing yards in a season. His 25 TD passes currently place him in a tie for third with Dave Ragone and Rudy Kirbus on the all-time list for touchdown strikes in a season.

McVey, who emerged on the varsity level late in his sophomore year, has been a relentless force for one of the top defensive units in Ohio.

With McVey applying constant pressure on the opposing quarterback and pursuing from sideline to sideline against the run, the Wildcats (13-1) have yielded seven or less points nine times this season. McVey and Co. have recorded four shutouts, including two in the playoffs.

Saint Ignatius’ sure-handed senior wide receiver Joey Parris was named to the second team in Division I, as were standout senior safeties Dan Fox and Pat Hinkel. Parris joins his brother Robby (currently a junior wideout at Notre Dame) as an All-Ohioan.

Fox and Hinkel, who have been nothing less than outstanding as players and leaders, have accepted football scholarships from Notre Dame and Miami (Ohio), respectively.