The 38th San Miguel Beer (SMB) - Sportswriters Association of Cebu (SAC) Cebu Sports Awards is an annual awarding ceremony that recognized the triumphs and accomplishments of Cebuano sports personalities (athletes, coaches, teams and organizations) in the past three years throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and in the previous editions of the Olympics, Asian Games, and the Southeast Asian Games. The Cebu Sports Awards is the local counterpart of the yearly Philippine Sportswriters Association Annual Awards Night. The awards night is the first edition since the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
The awarding rites is organized by the Sportswriters Association of Cebu, an organization led by sportswriters and sports columnists from newspapers and online portals based in Cebu such as Sun.Star Cebu, The Freeman and Cebu Daily News Digital led by its president and concurrent Cebu City Sports Commissioner John Pages.
The event was held on May 26, 2024, at the Terraces of Ayala Center Cebu in Cebu City.
Honor roll Main awardees Award Winner Sport / team / profession / recognition References Athlete of the Year June Mar Fajardo Melvin Jerusalem William John Riley Go Basketball Boxing Karting Rico Navarro Sportsman of the Year Rhoel Dejano Cebu City Sports Commissioner Presidential Awardee Edward Hayco Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Commissioner Orlacsan Award Jefferson Codera Basketball Jerry Maratas Chess Jeah Jing Gacang Jessica Jawad-Honoridez Table Tennis Posthumous Award Rico Navarro Basketball George Bragat Ricky Ballesteros Marathon Raffy Uytierpo Marathon/Running Dionisio Cañete Arnis Major Awardees June Mar Fajardo Basketball Melvin Jerusalem Boxing Trixie Lofranco Arnis Dexler Bolambao Arnis Ella Alcoseba Arnis Rubilen Amit Billiards Junia Gabasa Golf Angelo Marquez Dancesport Polaris Esports Esports (Dota 2) Eliecha Zoe Malilay Jiu-Jitsu Ellise Xoe Malilay Jiu-Jitsu Angel Sanchez Jiu-Jitsu Jared Tan Jiu-Jitsu William John Riley Go Karting Margielyn Didal Skateboarding Aidaine Laxa Taekwondo (Poomsae) Matthew Hermosa Triathlon Elreen Ando Weightlifting Ronil Tubog Wrestling
142 athletes and teams will also be given special citations from the awards night.
See also 2023 in Philippine sports 2024 PSA Annual Awards Philippines at the 2023 Southeast Asian Games Philippines at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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