The AAU Sullivan Award

Michael Phelps has been selected as part of the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay that gave him his second of a record eight gold medals in Beijing. Other relay team members who set a world record in the final were Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones and Jason Lezak. Phelps won the 2003 Sullivan Award.

The AAU Sullivan Award honors the outstanding amateur athlete in the United States. Presented annually since 1930, the Sullivan also is based on leadership, character, sportsmanship and the ideals of amateurism.

The winner will be announced April 15 in New York.

USA Gymnastics had three athletes make the list of 12 semifinalists. Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin was selected along with teammate Shawn Johnson, who won gold on the balance beam and three silver medals. With a gold, three silver and one bronze medal in Beijing, Liukin tied Mary Lou Retton and Shannon Miller for most medals by an American gymnast.

On the men's side, Jonathan Horton was named a semifinalist after winning silver on the horizontal bar and bronze in the team competition.