2022 PSA Annual Awards

The 2022 San Miguel Corporation (SMC) - Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Annual Awards is an annual awarding ceremony honoring the individuals (athletes, coaches and officials) and organizations that made a significant impact to Philippine sports in 2021.

2022 PSA Annual Awards
DateMarch 14, 2022 (2022-03-14)
LocationDiamond Hotel, Manila
CountryPhilippines

The awarding ceremony is set to be held at the March 14, 2022, at the Diamond Hotel in Manila. This would be the first time that the PSA will hold its physical awards night, with a limited capacity (in accordance with the IATF and the government's health and safety protocols) during the COVID-19 pandemic, after staging the 2021 edition virtually. All guests must required to bring vaccination cards or certificates to enter the venue.[1][2]

The PSA, currently headed by its president, Rey Lachica, sports editor of Tempo, is the oldest Philippine-based media group staffed by sportswriters, sports reporters, sports editors, columnists from broadsheets, tabloids, online sports websites, and radio stations.

Honor roll

Main awards

The following are the list of main awards of the event.

Athlete of the Year

Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz with her gold medal.

The PSA awards is set to be led by weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz who will be named as the PSA Athlete of the Year for the third time (Diaz bagged the same award in 2016 and 2018); for her feat of clinching the Philippines first ever Olympic gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[3]

AwardWinnerSportReferences
Athlete of the YearHidilyn DiazWeightlifting[4]

Other major awardees

Here are the other major awards to be conferred in the Awards Night.

AwardWinnerSport/Team/RecognitionReferences
Lifetime Achievement AwardRamon FernandezBasketball (4-time Philippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player | Commissioner, Philippine Sports Commission)[5]
Robert JaworskiBasketball (4-time PBA Champion for Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Known as "Living Legend" of Philippine basketball)
National Sports Association of the YearAssociation of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP)Boxing (Bagged 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics boxing event)[6]
Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP)Weightlifting (Bagged the Philippines' 1st gold medal in the Summer Olympics history for Weightlifting)
President's AwardYuka SasoGolf (2020 Tokyo Olympian | 2021 U.S. Women's Open Champion)[7]
Carlos YuloGymnastics (2020 Tokyo Olympian | 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Champion, Men's Vault and Silver Medalist, Men's Parallel Bars)
Executive of the YearAbraham TolentinoPresident, Philippine Olympic Committee[8]
Excellence in Leadership AwardWilliam RamirezChairman, Philippine Sports Commission[9]
Chooks-to-Go Fan Favorite "Manok ng Bayan" AwardEumir MarcialBoxing (2020 Tokyo Olympics Bronze Medalist, Men's Middleweight)[10]
Milo Champion of Grit and Glory AwardHidilyn DiazWeightlifting (2020 Tokyo Olympics Gold Medalist, Women's 55 kg)[11]

Major awardees

Sorted in alphabetical order (based on their surnames).

WinnerSport/Team/RecognitionReferences
Jerwin AncajasProfessional Boxing
(IBF Super Flyweight Champion)
[1]
Carlo BiadoBilliards
(2021 U.S. Open Pool Championship Champion)
[2]
John Riel CasimeroProfessional Boxing
(WBO Bantamweight Champion)
[1]
Nonito Donaire, Jr.Professional Boxing
(WBC Bantamweight Champion)
Alex EalaTennis
(2021 U.S. Open Junior Girls Doubles Champion)
Eumir MarcialAmateur Boxing
(2020 Tokyo Olympics Bronze Medalist, Boxing - Men's Middleweight)
Ernest ObienaAthletics
(2020 Tokyo Olympian and Philippine/Asian Record Holder in Men's Pole Vault)
Carlo PaalamAmateur Boxing
(2020 Tokyo Olympics Silver Medalist, Boxing - Men's Flyweight)
Nesthy PetecioAmateur Boxing
(2020 Tokyo Olympics Silver Medalist, Boxing - Women's Featherweight)

Citations

Sorted in alphabetical order (based on their surnames).

WinnerSport/Team/RecognitionReferences
Jeanette AcevedaPara-Athletics
(2020 Tokyo Paralympian)
[2]
Elreen AndoWeightlifting
(2020 Tokyo Olympian)
Kurt BarbosaTaekwondo
(2020 Tokyo Olympian)
Gary BejinoPara swimming
(2020 Tokyo Paralympian)
Margielyn DidalSkateboarding
(2020 Tokyo Olympian)
Allain GanapinPara-Taekwondo
(2020 Tokyo Paralympian)
Ernie GawilanPara swimming
(2020 Tokyo Paralympian)
Luke GebbieSwimming
(2020 Tokyo Olympian)
Achelle GuionPara-Powerlifting
(2020 Tokyo Paralympian)
Kristina KnottAthletics
(2020 Tokyo Olympian)
Irish MagnoAmateur Boxing
(2020 Tokyo Olympian)
Jerrold MangliwanPara-Athletics
(2020 Tokyo Paralympian)
Cris NievarezRowing
(2020 Tokyo Olympian)
Bianca PagdangananGolf
(2020 Tokyo Olympian)
Juvic PagunsanGolf
(2020 Tokyo Olympian)
Remedy RuleSwimming
(2020 Tokyo Olympian)
Vanessa SarnoWeightlifting
(2021 Asian Weightlifting Championships 2-gold and silver medalist, Women's -71 kg)
Jayson ValdezShooting
(2020 Tokyo Olympian)
Kiyomi WatanabeJudo
(2020 Tokyo Olympian)

See also

References

  1. "Scribes fete world-class PH boxers". Manila Bulletin. February 27, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  2. "2020 PH Olympians to be cited in SMC-PSA Annual Awards night". Philippine News Agency. March 6, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  3. "Hidilyn Diaz honored as Athlete of the Year anew by PH Sportswriters Association". ABS-CBN News. February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  4. "Hidilyn Diaz headlines 2022 PSA Athlete of the Year nominees". ABS-CBN News. February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  5. "Jawo, Mon named PSA LA awardees". The Manila Times. February 15, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  6. "SWP, ABAP to be honored during PSA Awards". Tiebreaker Times. March 3, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  7. Yumol, David Tristan (February 20, 2022). "PSA to bestow President's Award on Yuka Saso, Carlos Yulo". CNN Philippines. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  8. "Bambol Tolentino recipient of PSA Executive of the Year Award". Manila Bulletin. February 24, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  9. "Ramirez to be feted in PSA Awards rites". Malaya. March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  10. "Marcial 'Manok ng Bayan'". Business Mirror. March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  11. "Hidilyn Diaz gets special citation in PSA Awards Night". Fastbreak. March 10, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.


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