2017 PSA Annual Awards


The 2017 PSA Annual Awards was an awarding ceremony, recognizing the sports athletes, personalities, organizations and NSAs for the year 2016. It is organized by the Philippine Sportswriters Association, the Philippines' oldest media organization founded in 1949, with members composed by sports section editors, sportswriters and sports columnists from major national broadsheets, tabloids and online sports news portals. PSA is currently headed by Riera Mallari, sports editor of the Manila Standard.
The awards night took place at the Le Pavillon, Pasay City on February 13, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.. The awards night was hosted by veteran sports broadcaster Quinito Henson and Sports5 head Patricia Bermudez-Hizon with Carla Lizardo and Steph Ongkiko as the co-hosts. Philippine Sports Commission Chairman William "Butch" Ramirez and Philippine Olympic Committee President Jose "Peping" Cojuangco, Jr. and other top sports officials were invited to the event.
2016 Summer Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz of Weightlifting has named as the PSA Athlete of the Year. She was unanimously chosen by the members of the PSA and beat two other names in the organization's shortlist for the coveted award, Janelle Mae Frayna of Chess and Sen. Manny Pacquiao of boxing. Diaz, who is first Female athlete to win the Athlete of the Year award since 2012 will lead the 91 awardees of the event.

Honor roll

Main awards

The following are the list of main awards of the event.
AwardWinnerSport/Team/RecognitionReferences
Athlete of the YearHidilyn DiazWeightlifting
Lifetime Achievement AwardEugene TorreChess
President's AwardMilo RiveraInternational Motorsports
Executive of the YearPhilip Ella JuicoAthletics/Track and Field
National Sports Association of the YearPhilippine Athletics Track and Field Association Athletics/Track and Field
Mr. BasketballJune Mar FajardoProfessional basketball
Mr. FootballMisagh BahadoranFootball
Mr. GolfMiguel TabuenaGolf
Mr. TaekwondoJeordan DominguezTaekwondo
Ms. VolleyballMika ReyesVolleyball
Stars of the NightAncilla Mari Manzano
Khazart William Khaz Romoff		Gymnastics
Karting

Major awardees

These are the major awardees of the event. Sorted in alphabetical order.
WinnerSport/Team/RecognitionReferences
Eduard FolayangMixed Martial Arts
Eric CrayAthletics
Ian LaribaTable Tennis
Janelle Mae FraynaChess
Jeron TengCollegiate basketball
John Riel CasimeroBoxing
Josephine MedinaTable Tennis
Kirstie AloraTaekwando
“Low Profile”Horse racing
Marestella Torres-SunangLong jump
Mark A. AlvarezHorse racing
Marvin MangulabnanSuperbike racing
Mary Joy TabalMarathon
Nestor ColoniaWeightlifting
Philippine poomsae team
Poomsae
San Miguel BeermenProfessional basketball
Yuka SasoGolf

Citations

Milo Junior Athletes of the Year

Tony Siddayao Awards for Under-17 athletes

The awards was given to young and exceptional athletes aged 17 and below, and was named after Siddayao, the former sports section editor of Manila Standard in the 1980s.
WinnerSport/Team/RecognitionReferences
Micaela MojdehSwimming
Marc DulaSwimming
Jerard JacintoSwimming
Maurice Sacho IllustreSwimming
Ancilla Mari ManzanoGymnastics
Khaz RomoffKarting
Arielle PascualSkating
Tara BorlanTriathlon
Samantha BorlanTriathlon
Joan MasangkayPowerlifting

Posthumous awards

The award were given to Philippine sports personalities who passed away in 2016. They will give a trophy and a one-minute of silence for all honorees.