| 2019 PSA Annual Awards | |
| Location: | Centennial Hall, Manila Hotel, Manila |
| Country: | Philippines |
| Host: | Paolo del Rosario Rizza Diaz Natasha Alquiros Gerry Ramos (spin.ph) Waylon Galvez (Manila Bulletin) Abac Cordero (The Philippine Star) |
| Previous: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2020 |
| Network: | One Sports |
The 2019 San Miguel Corporation – PSA Annual Awards was an annual awarding ceremony recognizing the top athletes, coaches, officials, sports personalities (both living and deceased), National Sports Associations and sports-related organizations for the year 2018, particularly those who competed in international tournaments such as the Asian Games, Asian Para Games and Summer Youth Olympics. The awards night was organized by the Philippine Sportswriters Association, the country's oldest media organization founded in 1949. PSA, which is headed by its president, Eduardo "Dodo" Catacutan, Jr. (Sports Interactive Network Philippines - Spin.ph Editor-in-Chief), is an organization of seasoned and young sports editors, columnists and writers from newspapers (broadsheets and tabloids) and online sports websites in the Philippines.
The awards night was held at the Centennial Hall of the Manila Hotel in Manila on February 26, 2019.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Leading the honor roll list of 75 awardees are Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, golfers Yuka Saso, Bianca Pagdanganan and Lois Kaye Go and skateboarder Margielyn Didal who received the Athlete of the Year awards.[5] Didal and Saso were abled to attend, while Diaz, Pagdanganan and Go did not graced the awarding[6] due to their current training camps in China and United States of America respectively. Top sports officials led by Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Butch Ramirez and Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) officials attended the occasion.
1987 Southeast Asian Games bemedalled gymnast and 1992 Barcelona Olympics bronze medalist for Taekwondo (demonstration sport) Bea Lucero–Lhuillier was served as the guest speaker.[5]
The following are the list of main awards of the event.
Five of the country's female athletes from weightlifting, golf and roller sports, who have won 4 gold medals in the recently-concluded 2018 Asian Games last August 18–September 2, 2018 in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia were honored as the Athlete of the Year awardees.[5] This is the first time in 9 years that an all-female team will receive the highest award of the PSA Annual Awards.[5]
In March 2010, cue artist Rubilen Amit, long jumper Marestella Torres–Sunang and taekwondo (poomsae) world champion triumvirate of Camille Alarilla, Janice Lagman–Lizardo and Rani Ann Ortega were recognized as the Athletes of the Year.[5] [7] Hidilyn Diaz will receive her 2nd Athlete of the Year award in three consecutive years. Diaz was once recognized by the PSA with the same award in 2017, after winning the silver medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
| Award | Winner | Sport/Team/Recognition | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletes of the Year | Weightlifting (2018 Asian Games Gold Medalist, Women's -53 kg Weightlifting) | [8] | |
| Golf (2018 Asian Games Gold Medalist, Women's Individual Golf) | |||
| Golf (2018 Asian Games Gold Medalist, Women's Team Golf and Bronze Medalist, Women's Individual Golf) | |||
| Lois Kaye Go | Golf (2018 Asian Games Gold Medalist, Women's Team Golf) | ||
| Roller sports (2018 Asian Games Gold Medalist, Women's Street Skateboarding) | |||
| Award | Winner | Sport/Team/Recognition | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Bong Coo Paquito Rivas | [9] | |
| Professional Basketball | [10] [11] [12] | ||
| Volleyball | |||
| Mr. Volleyball | Volleyball | ||
| Football | |||
| National Sports Association (NSA) of the Year | National Golf Association of the Philippines (NGAP) | Golf | [13] [14] |
| Executive of the Year | Golf | ||
| President's Award & Milo NutriUp Up Your Galing Special Recognition | NU Lady Bulldogs | Collegiate Basketball | [15] [16] |
| Chooks-to-Go Mr. Fan Favorite "Manok ng Bayan" Award | Basketball | [17] [18] | |
| Special Recognition for Sports Journalism | Lito A. Tacujan | [19] | |
| Prince of the Night | Criztian Pitt Laurente | Boxing | |
| Princess of the Night | Maxine Isabel Esteban | Fencing | |
Sorted in alphabetical order (based on their surnames).
| Winner | Sport/Team/Recognition | References |
|---|---|---|
| Boxing | [20] [21] | |
| Arthus Bucay | Disabled sports – Cycling | |
| El Joshua Carino | Cycling | |
| Kim Ian Chi | Disabled sports – Bowling | |
| O'Neal P. Cortez | Horse racing | |
| Disabled sports – Swimming | ||
| Arnel Mandal | Wushu | |
| Jannery Millet | Drag racing | |
| Boxing | ||
| Margarita Ochoa | Jiu-jitsu | |
| Philippines national dragon boat team (PCKDF)[22] | Dragonboat | |
| Philippine Para Chess Team (Standard P1 Men) | Disabled sports – Chess | |
| Philippine Para Chess Team (Standard B2-B3 Men) | Disabled sports – Chess | |
| Philippine Para Chess Team (Rapid P1 Men) | Disabled sports – Chess | |
| Sepfourteen | Horse racing | |
| Thirdy Ravena | Collegiate basketball | |
| Milo Rivera | Autocross | |
| Professional basketball | ||
| Disabled sports – Chess | ||
| Tanauan Softball Team | Softball | |
| Team Manila – Softball | Softball | |
| Kiteboarding | ||
| Gymnastics |
Sorted in alphabetical order (based on their surnames).
| Winner | Sport/Team/Recognition | References |
|---|---|---|
| Salvador "Buddy" Andrada | Tennis | [23] [24] |
| Golf | ||
| Kevin Belingon | Mixed Martial Arts | |
| Centennial III | Sailing | |
| Cignal | Sports broadcasting | |
| Boxing | ||
| Maxine Isabel Esteban | Fencing | |
| Geje Eustaquio | Mixed Martial Arts | |
| Buboy Fernandez | Boxing | |
| Mixed Martial Arts | ||
| IM Chito Garma | Chess | |
| IM John Marvin Miciano | Chess | |
| Sports Clothing / Basketball | ||
| Ronald Oranza | Cycling | |
| Joshua Pacio | Mixed Martial Arts | |
| Professional Basketball | ||
| Philippine Junior Chess Team | Chess | |
| Football | ||
| Professional Basketball | ||
| Janine Pontejos | Basketball | |
| Golf | ||
| Vic Saludar | Boxing | |
| Kenneth San Andres | Motocross | |
| Collegiate Basketball | ||
| Smart Sports | Telecommunications / Sponsorship | |
| Golf | ||
| Mixed Martial Arts | ||
The award, which is named after Tony Siddayao (deceased), former sports editor of Manila Standard is given out to outstanding junior athletes. Sorted in alphabetical order (based on their surnames).
| Winner | Sport/Team/Recognition | References |
|---|---|---|
| Marc Bryan Dula | Swimming | [25] |
| Jessel Lumapas | Athletics | |
| Micaela Jasmine Mojdeh | Swimming | |
| Czerrine Ramos | Figure Skating | |
The award, sponsored by Milo, will be given to the two young athletes who are excelled in the field of sports.
| Award | Winner | Sport/Team/Recognition | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milo Junior Female Athlete of the Year | Alexandra Eala | Tennis | [26] |
| Milo Junior Male Athlete of the Year | IM Daniel Quizon | Chess | |
This set of awards, will be bestowed upon former national & collegiate athletes, officials and sports personalities who passed away in 2018. They will be given a trophy and a one-minute moment of silence.
| Winner | Sport/Team/Recognition | References |
|---|---|---|
| Rutger Acidre | Basketball | [27] [28] |
| Boxing | ||
| Rastafari Darailay | Wushu | |
| Basketball | ||
| Boxing | ||
| Table tennis | ||
| Rolly Manlapaz | Sports public announcing | |
| Basketball | ||
| Rey Marquez | Basketball | |
| Maria Josefina Referente-Palad | Volleyball | |
| Barry Pascua | Sportscasting | |
| Johnny Revilla | Basketball | |
| Ulysses Tanigue | Basketball | |
| Jun Tiongco | Basketball | |