By BAKER ELLIS / Sports Editor

The awards for the 2016 Oak Mountain boys soccer teams just keep rolling in. After repeating as the 7A state champions this season and finishing the year with an undefeated, 28-0-2 record, the Eagles have been pulling in a plethora of postseason awards. First Oak Mountain was named the top boys soccer program in the USA Today/NSCAA Super 25 Spring Boys National Poll, and now the Eagles have been named the best prep team in America for the 2015-16 school year, regardless of sport.

Twenty-one prep teams were selected from across the country to take part in this competition. The teams covered a range of sports, including football, field hockey, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country and boys and girls soccer in the fall as well as boys and girls basketball, wrestling, boys and girls ice hockey and boys and girls soccer in the winter and baseball, softball, boys and girls lacrosse and boys and girls soccer in the spring. Of the 21 teams that participated in the contest, Oak Mountain was the top vote-getter by a wide margin.

The contest, which took place online at USAToday.com and was voted on by fans, lasted for more than a week. The Eagles finished in first place with more than 31,000 votes, besting the boys’ soccer team from St. Ignatius High School (Ohio) by more than 6,000 votes.

With the first place finish, the Oak Mountain athletic department will receive a $1,000 check.