Michael Phelps wins Golden Goggle as Male Athlete of Year

Michael Phelps has been conferred with the Male Athlete of the Year title for the fifth time at the 2014 USA Swimming Golden Goggle Awards. The athlete was awarded on November 24, 2014 despite being suspended from competition for six months after a drunken driving arrest in September.

Since Michael was not present at the award ceremony in New York, Keenan Robinson, an official from his training base, accepted the award on his behalf and confirmed that Michael had returned to the pool.

The 18-time Olympic gold medalist stepped away from training in October 2014.

Olympic gold medalist and world record-holder Katie Ledecky capped her memorable 2014 season by claiming three awards, including USA Swimming's Female Athlete of the Year.