Ledecky Wins Top Honor for Third Consecutive Year: Media Report

After winning five gold medals at an August competition in Russia, Bethesda’s Katie Ledecky was named USA Swimming’s Athlete of the Year on Saturday, according to a media report.

The Washington Post reported that it’s the third straight year that Ledecky, 18, has received the honor. She won gold medals in four freestyle races at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, and a fifth gold as the anchor leg in the women’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay.

Ledecky graduated in June from Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart and plans to swim for Stanford University after the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Post reported.