Nominees Introduced for 2025 Golden Goggle Awards

Following the 29-medal efficiency within the pool by the United States on the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, USA Swimming has introduced its nominees for the 2025 Golden Goggle Awards. This yr’s occasion takes place September 27 in Denver, Colorado, and would be the twenty second yr the celebratory awards present has run.

This yr’s poll options 5 awards: Female Athlete of the Year, Male Athlete of the Year, Coach of the Year, Open Water Athlete of the Year, and Relay Performance of the Year. The University of Virginia girls’s swim program is well-represented, with Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh, and coach Todd DeSorbo incomes nominations, whereas the boys’s poll is headlined by University of Texas merchandise Luke Hobson, Shaine Casas, and coach Bob Bowman.

Fans can vote utilizing the web poll here. Fan voting is open now by way of August 22 at 11:59 p.m. MT.

Proceeds from the Golden Goggle Awards profit the USA Swimming Foundation, whose mission is to Save Lives, Build Champions, and Impact Communities. In addition to offering learn-to-swim grants and neighborhood affect grants to packages throughout the nation, the USA Swimming Foundation helps the U.S. National Team and its growth efforts geared toward strengthening the way forward for USA Swimming’s packages and providers. 

2025 Golden Goggle Awards Ballot

Female Athlete of the Year

• Gretchen Walsh

Male Athlete of the Year

• Luca Urlando

Coach of the Year

• Anthony Nesty

Fran Crippen Open Water Athlete of the Year:

• Ivan Puskovitch

Relay Performance of the Year