The 2020 San Miguel Corporation (SMC) - Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Annual Awards was an annual awarding ceremony honoring the individuals (athletes and officials) and organizations that made a significant impact on Philippine sports in 2019, which was led by the medalists of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games hosted by the country.
The event is organized by the Philippine Sportswriters Association under the leadership of Eriberto "Tito" S. Talao (sports editor of the Manila Bulletin). The PSA is the oldest Philippine-based media organization, which is founded in 1949, and made up of veteran and seasoned sports scribes, section editors and columnists from print media (broadsheets and tabloids), sports news websites and social media platforms.
Among the awards set to be received this year are the Athlete of the Year (Team Philippines), Lifetime Achievement Award (Efren "Bata" Reyes), President's Award (Carlos Yulo), Executive of the Year (William "Butch" Ramirez), Mr. Basketball (Thirdy Ravena), Ms. Volleyball (Sisi Rondina), Mr. Volleyball (Bryan Bagunas), Mr. Football (Stephan Schröck), Ms. Golf (Bianca Pagdanganan), National Sports Association of the Year (Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines), Major Awards, Minor Citations, Tony Siddayao Awards for Under 17 Athletes, Posthumous Recognition, Milo Junior Athletes of the Year, and the Chooks-To-Go Fan Favorite Award.
There will be a new set of awards including the Ms. Basketball (Jack Danielle Aninam) and Coach of the Year (Patrick Aquino) which will be handed out starting this year.
Three-time PSA Athlete of the Year (1999, 2001 and 2006) awardee and Philippine billiards legend Efren "Bata" Reyes, who will also set to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award served as the guest speaker.
Top sports officials led by PSC Chairman and Executive of the Year awardee William "Butch" Ramirez, International Olympic Committee (IOC) representative to the Philippines Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski, House Speaker and Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee Chairman Alan Peter Cayetano, Deputy House Speaker Mikee Romero, and POC President Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino are expected to attend the occasion.
The awards night was held on March 6, 2020, at the Centennial Hall of the Manila Hotel in Manila.
Honor roll Main awards The following are the list of main awards of the event.
Athletes of the Year For claiming their second overall championship in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games hosted in the country, the PSA bestowed the Athlete of the Year honors to the Philippine National Team participated in the biennial meet. This is the second time that the National Team won the Athlete of the Year award. They were recognized with the same honors in the 2006 PSA Annual Awards after securing the championship title of the 2005 SEA Games, also held in the Philippines.
The Philippine delegation, which composed of 1,115 national athletes, took home a total of 387 medals (149 golds, 117 silvers, and 121 bronzes; hitting a new record high for most number of medals since the Philippines joined the SEA Games in 1977) from the 11-nation regional sporting meet held from November 30 to December 11 at four major clusters, Clark, Subic, Metro Manila and Other Areas (Calabarzon-La Union).
Award Winner Sport/Team/Recognition ReferencesAthletes of the Year Team Philippines at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games Various Sports (2019 Southeast Asian Games Overall Champions)
Other major awards Here are the other major awards to be conferred in the Awards Night.
Award Winner Sport/Team/Recognition References Lifetime Achievement Award Efren "Bata" Reyes Billiards (2019 Southeast Asian Games Bronze Medalist, Men's Carom and Philippine Billiards Legend and Hall-of-Famer) President's Award Carlos Edriel "Caloy" Yulo Gymnastics (2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Gold Medalist, Men's Floor Exercise; Second Pinoy athlete to qualify in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics; 2019 Southeast Asian Games Gold (2) and Silver (5) Medalist, Men's Artistic Gymnastics) Executive of the Year William "Butch" Ramirez Philippine Sports (Philippine Sports Commission Chairman; Team Philippines at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games Chef-de-Mission) National Sports Association of the Year Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) Boxing (2019 Southeast Asian Games - 7 Golds, 3 Silvers, 2 Bronzes / Nesthy Petecio - AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships Gold Medalist / Eumir Felix Marcial - AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships Silver Medalist / Josie Gabuco - ASBC Elite Boxing Championships Gold Medalist) Mr. Basketball Thirdy Ravena Basketball (Ateneo Blue Eagles Point Guard and UAAP Season 82 Men's Basketball Champion and Finals MVP / Gilas Pilipinas Pool Member, 2019 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers) Ms. Basketball Jack Danielle Animam Basketball (National University Lady Bulldogs Center - UAAP Season 82 Women's Basketball Champions / Double Gold Medalist, Women's 5x5 and 3x3 Basketball of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games) Coach of the Year Patrick Aquino Basketball (National University Lady Bulldogs and Gilas Pilipinas Women Head Coach) Ms. Volleyball Cherry Ann "Sisi" Rondina Volleyball (UST Tigresses/Petron Blaze Spikers/Philippine Women's National Beach Volleyball Team - UAAP Season 81 Beach & Indoor Women's Volleyball MVP and bronze medalist, Women's Beach Volleyball - 2019 Southeast Asian Games) Mr. Volleyball Bryan Bagunas Volleyball (NU Bulldogs/Cignal HD Spikers/Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler/Philippines men's national volleyball team - UAAP Season 81 Indoor Men's Volleyball MVP and silver medalist, Men's Indoor Volleyball - 2019 Southeast Asian Games) Mr. Football Stephan Schröck Football (Philippines national football team/Ceres–Negros F.C. Team Captain and Midfielder / 2020 AFF Best XI Awardee) Ms. Golf Bianca Pagdanganan Golf (University of Arizona/Philippine National Golf Team/LPGA Professional Player / 2019 Southeast Asian Games, Gold Medalist, Women's Individual and Women's Team) Chooks-to-Go Fan Favorite "Manok ng Bayan" Award Philippines men's national 3x3 team (Joshua Munzo) and Alvin Pasaol) Basketball (Qualified for the 2020 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament)
Major awardees Sorted in alphabetical order (based on their surnames).
Winner Sport/Team/Recognition References Jerwin Ancajas Professional Boxing Aidric Jose Chan Amateur Golf Johnriel Casimero Professional Boxing Hidilyn Diaz Weightlifting June Mar Fajardo Professional Basketball National University Lady Bulldogs Collegiate Basketball Ernest Obiena Athletics - Pole Vault Juvic Pagunsan Professional Golf Nesthy Petecio Amateur Boxing San Miguel Beermen Professional Basketball Princess Mary Superal Professional Golf Union Bell Horse Racing - Horse of the Year
Citations 2019 SEA Games Gold Medalists All 149 gold medalists including those who won more than two or three golds in the Southeast Asian Games will get to receive the special citation from the PSA.
Aquatics – Swimming: James Deiparine – Men's 100M Breaststroke
Archery: Paul Marton dela Cruz & Rachelle Anne Dela Cruz – Mixed Team Compound
Arnis: Abegail Abad – Women's Paddled Stick Welterweight +65 kg Mike Bañares – Men's Live Stick Welterweight +65 kg Dexter Bolambao – Men's Live Stick Bantamweight -55 kg Villardo Canumay – Men's Live Stick Lightweight -60-65 kg Crisamuel Delfin – Men's Anyo Open Weapon Non-Traditional Mary Allin Aldeguer – Women's Anyo Open Weapon Non-Traditional Sheena del Monte – Women's Paddled Stick Women's Bantamweight -50 kg Jesfer Huquire – Men's Paddled Stick Bantamweight -55 kg Elmer Manlapas – Men's Paddled Stick Featherweight -55-60 kg Ros Ashley Monville – Women's Paddled Stick Lightweight -55-60 kg Jezebel Morcillo – Women's Live Stick Bantamweight -50 kg Jedah Mae Soriano – Women's Paddled Stick Featherweight -50-55 kg Carloyd Tejada – Men's Paddled Stick Men's Welterweight +65 kg Niño Mark Tolledo – Men's Livestick Featherweight -55-60 kg
Athletics: Clinton Kingsley Bautista – Men's 110M Hurdles Melvin Calano – Men's Javelin Throw Eric Shauwn Cray – Men's 400M Hurdles Sarah Dequilan – Women's Heptathlon Christine Hallasgo – Women's Marathon Eloiza Luzon, Anfernee Lopena, Kristina Marie Knott, Eric Shauwn Cray – Mixed 4x100M Relay Kristina Marie Knott – Women's 200M William Morrison III – Men's Shot Put Ernest John Obiena – Men's Pole Vault Aries Toledo – Men's Decathlon Natalie Uy – Women's Pole Vault
Baseball: Team Pilipinas – Dino Emiglio Altomonte, Adriane Ros Bernardo, Erwin Bosito, Clarence Lyle Caasalan, Bryan Victrix Castillo, Alfredo de Guzman III, Junmar Diarao, Vladimir Eguia, Ignacio Luis Escano, Francis Michael Gesmundo, Arvin Maynard Herrera, Jarus Inobio, Romeo Jasmin Jr., Ferdinand Liguayan Jr., Juan Diego Lozano, Juan Alvaro Macasaet, Juan Paolo Macasaet, Mark Steven Manaig, Jennald Pareja, Jonash Ponce, Jon Jon Robles, Miguel Jose Salud, Kyle Rodrigo Villafaña Jr., Jerome Yenson – Men's
Basketball – 3×3: Gilas Pilipinas Men – CJ Perez, Jason Perkins, Moala Tautuaa, Chris Elijah Newsome – Men's Gilas Pilipinas Women – Jack Danielle Animam, Afril Bernardino, Clare Castro, Janine Pontejos – Women's
Basketball – 5×5: Gilas Pilipinas Men – Japeth Aguilar, June Mar Fajardo, Marcio Lassiter, Vic Manuel, Stanley Pringle, Kiefer Ravena, Troy Rosario, Chris Ross, Greg Slaughter, Christian Standhardinger, LA Tenorio, Matthew Wright – Men's Gilas Pilipinas Women – Jack Danielle Animam, Afril Bernardino, France Mae Cabinbin, Ana Alicia Katrina Castillo, Clare Castro, Eunique Chan, Kelli Casey Hayes, Danica Therese Jose, Ria Joy Nabalan, Janine Pontejos, Nathalia Prado, Marizze Andrea Tongco – Women's
Billiards: Rubilen Amit – Women's 9-Ball Pool Singles Rubilen Amit/Cheska Centeno – Women's 9-Ball Pool Doubles Cheska Centeno – Women's 10-Ball Pool Singles Dennis Orcollo – Men's 10-Ball Pool Singles
Boxing: Josie Gabuco – Women's Light Flyweight 48 kg Rogen Ladon – Men's Flyweight 52 kg Eumir Felix Marcial – Men's Middleweight 75 kg Carlo Paalam – Men's Light Flyweight 46–49 kg James Palicte – Men's Light Welterweight 64 kg Nesthy Petecio – Women's Featherweight 57 kg Charly Suarez – Men's Lightweight 60 kg
Canoe/Kayak: Hermie Macaranas – Men's 100M Singles
Cycling: Lea Denise Belgira – Women's Mountain Bike Downhill John Derick Farr – Men's Mountain Bike Downhill Jermyn Prado – Women's Road Event Individual Time Trial
Dancesport: Sean Mischa Aranar/Ana Leonila Nualla (3) – Standard All Five Dances/Tango/Vienniese Waltz Wilbert Aunzo/Pearl Marie Cañeda (3) – Latin Samba/Chachacha/Rumba Mark Jayson Gayon/Mary Joy Renigen (2) – Standard Waltz/Foxtrot Michael Angelo Marquez/Stephanie Sabalo (2) – Latin All Five Dances/Pasodoble
Duathlon: Monica Torres – Women's Individual
eSports: Team Sibol – Bryle Jacob “cml” Alvizo, James Erice “Erice” Guerra, Jun “Bok” Kanehara, Van Jerico “Van” Manalaysay, Marvin “Boomy” Rushton, John Anthony “Natsumi” Vargas, Mc Nicholson “Mac” Villanueva – DotA 2 Team Sibol – Jeniel “Haze” Bata-Anon, Angelo Kyle “Pheww” Arcangel, Allan Sancio “Lusty” Castromayor, Karl Gabriel “KarlTzy” Nepomuceno, Kenneth Jiane “Kenji” Villa, Carlito “Ribo” Ribo Jr., Jason Rafael “Jay” Torculas – Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Caviar “Enderr” Acampado – StarCraft II
Fencing: Hanniel Abella, Mickyle Rein Bustos, Anna Gabriella Estimada, Harlene Raguin – Women's Team Épée Jylyn Nicanor – Women's Individual Sabre
Golf: Bianca Pagdanganan – Women's Individual Match Play Lois Kaye Go, Bianca Pagdanganan, Abby Arevalo – Women's Team
Gymnastics – Artistic: Carlos Edriel Yulo (2) – Men's All-Around/Floor Exercise
Gymnastics – Rhythmic: Daniela Reggie dela Pisa – Women's Hoop
Jiujitsu: Adrian Rodolfo Erwin Guggenheim – Men's -77 kg Meggie Ochoa – Women's -45 kg Carlo Angelo Peña – Men's -56 kg Annie Ramirez – Women's -55 kg Dean Michael Roxas – Men's -85 kg
Judo: Mariya Takahashi – Women's -73 kg Kiyomi Watanabe – Women's -63 kg
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