The 2019

San Miguel Corporation San Miguel Corporation (), abbreviated as SMC, is a Philippine multinational conglomerate with headquarters in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila. The company is one of the largest and most diversified conglomerates in the Philippines. Originally fo ...

– 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 The Manila Hotel is a 550-room, historic five-star hotel located along Manila Bay in Manila, Philippines.

Manila Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the Capital of the Philippines, capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City, with a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on ...

on February 26, 2019. Leading the honor roll list of 75 awardees are Weightlifter

Hidilyn Diaz Hidilyn Francisco Diaz-Naranjo (; born February 20, 1991) is a Filipino weightlifter and airwoman. She holds two Olympic records in weightlifting for her performance at the women's 55 kg category for weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics ...

, golfers

Yuka Saso (born 20 June 2001) is a Japanese professional golfer. Saso was born in the Philippines, competing for them through 2021, having won the first ever gold medal for the Philippines in both women's individual and women's team event in Asian Games ...

Bianca Pagdanganan Bianca Isabel Pagdanganan (born 28 October 1997) is a Filipino professional golfer. As an amateur, she was a dual medalist in the 2018 Asian Games, winning a bronze in the women's individual event, and a gold medal in the team event with Yuka Sa ...

and Lois Kaye Go and skateboarder Margielyn Didal who received the Athlete of the Year awards. Didal and Saso were abled to attend, while Diaz, Pagdanganan and Go did not graced the awarding due to their current training camps in China and

United States of America The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguo ...

respectively. Top sports officials led by

Philippine Sports Commission The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC; ) is an agency of the Philippine government that tackles matters concerning sports in the country. The sports agency is independent from the Philippine Olympic Committee, a privately-ran organization that e ...

(PSC) Chairman

Butch Ramirez William "Butch" Ramirez (born May 18, 1950) is a Filipino sports official. Ramirez previously served as chairman of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC). Ramirez is the only chairman of the country's sports authority who served for two terms, ...

and

Philippine Olympic Committee The Philippine Olympic Committee Inc. (POC) is the National Olympic Committee of the Philippines. The POC is a private, non-governmental organization composed of and serve as the mother organization of all National Sports Associations (NSAs) in ...

(POC) officials attended the occasion.

1987 Southeast Asian Games The 1987 Southeast Asian Games (), officially known as the 14th Southeast Asian Games, were a multi-sport event held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 9 to 20 September 1987 with 30 sports featured in the games. This was Indonesia's second time to hos ...

bemedalled gymnast and

1992 Barcelona Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

bronze medalist for

Taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

(demonstration sport) Bea Lucero–Lhuillier was served as the guest speaker.

Honor roll

Main awards

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

Athlete of the Year

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 Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...

and

Palembang Palembang (, Palembang: ''Pelémbang'', Mandarin: 巨港 (Jùgǎng), Hokkien: 舊港 (Kū-káng), Jawi: ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra. The city proper covers on both banks of the Musi River in the ea ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

were honored as the Athlete of the Year awardees. This is the first time in 9 years that an all-female team will receive the highest award of the PSA Annual Awards. In March 2010, cue artist

Rubilen Amit Rubilen "Bingkay" Amit (born October 3, 1981) is a Filipino female professional pool player from Mandaue, Cebu. Amit is a two-time WPA Women's World Ten-ball champion and the first Filipina pool player to become WPA Women's World Nine-ball c ...

, 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. 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 The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

Other major honorees

Major awardees

Sorted in alphabetical order (based on their surnames).

Minor citations

Sorted in alphabetical order (based on their surnames).

Tony Siddayao Awards for Under-17 Athletes

The award, which is named after Tony Siddayao (deceased), former sports editor of

Manila Standard The ''Manila Standard'' is a broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines which, as of 2017, is owned by the Romualdez family. The Romualdezes, through incumbent speaker of the House Martin Romualdez, also own Journal Publications, Inc., the owner ...

is given out to outstanding junior athletes. Sorted in alphabetical order (based on their surnames).

Milo Milo may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Milo (magazine), ''Milo'' (magazine), a strength sports magazine * ''Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze'', a 2011 children's novel by Alan Silberberg * Milo (video game), ''Milo'' (video game) * Milo ( ...
Junior Athletes of the Year

The award, sponsored by Milo, will be given to the two young athletes who are excelled in the field of sports.

Posthumous Awards for Deceased Sports Personalities

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.

References

{{reflist

PSA PSA, PsA, Psa, or psa may refer to: Biology and medicine * Posterior spinal artery * Primary systemic amyloidosis, a disease caused by the accumulation of abnormal proteins * Prostate-specific antigen, an enzyme used as a blood tracer for pro ...