his cover hits news stand tomorrow but eyes have been honoraries wheatly for quite sometime. "eyewitness news" reporter pat gallon talked about his rise to stardom. >> reporter: when a 15 year-old ties michael phelps in a swimming competition, head will turn. when that 15 year-old is 6-foot eight, 235-pound, it is hard not to take notice. meet 15 year-old reese wheatly, the penn charter high school sophomore is well on his way to becoming one of the next great american swimmers. >> where did you start in swimming come from. >> i was seven, going on eight, summer camp, i failed my deep the water test. i started to get lessons that summer. >> reporter: accolade are piling up already, not only did reese swim the exact same time as phelps in the 200-meter breast stroke during u.s. nationals in san antonio but he set a u.s. record for his age group. today he was name the sports illustrated sports kid of the year for 2015. >> it is something that just cool to be part of, to be up there with other great athletes who are all doing the same thing that i was doing in terms of the worki