The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) named Mercer Island its 2015-16 3A Scholastic Cup champion, the association announced in a press release Tuesday.

The WIAA bills the Scholastic Cup as its most prestigious annual school award. The year-long competition recognizes the top school in each of the six WIAA classes based on academic, athletic and sportsmanship excellence. Points are awarded by a school’s finish in each of the WIAA/Dairy Farmers of Washington/Les Schwab Tires state championships and academic state championships.

“This award was designed to recognize the best overall programs in the state both academically and athletically,” WIAA Executive Director Mike Colbrese said in the release. “The achievements of these student-athletes and the leadership at their schools is celebrated through this award.”

This year’s Scholastic Cup title was Mercer Island’s eighth in a row and ninth in its classification. The Islanders claimed the 3A Scholastic Cup crown with a point total of 1,605.

The boys tennis team won the Islanders’ lone athletic state championship, which paired with the Mercer Island dance and drill team’s academic state championship this past winter.

Mercer Island had seven athletic teams finish in the fop five to record the seventh highest point total in the 3A class. Interlake High School was second with a score of 1,415, their highest finish in school history. Mercer Island’s 14 top five Scholastic Cup finishes are the most among all of the member schools.

Other schools named Scholastic Cup champions were Evergreen Lutheran (1B), Northwest Christian (Colbert) (2B), King’s (1A), Sehome (2A) and Newport (Bellevue) (4A). King’s also captured its ninth Scholastic Cup title this year.