2024 PSA Annual Awards
DateJanuary 29, 2024 (2024-01-29)
LocationDiamond Hotel, Manila
CountryPhilippines

The 2024 San Miguel Corporation (SMC)-Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Annual Awards Night is an annual awarding ceremony honoring the individuals (athletes, teams, officials and organizations) that made a significant impact to Philippine sports in 2023.

Details

The awarding ceremony will be held on January 29, 2024, at the Grand Ballroom of the Diamond Hotel in Manila.[1]

Team Philippines' gold medalists from the 2022 Asian Games, Ernest Obiena (Athletics), Meggie Ochoa and Annie Ramirez (Jiu-Jitsu), and the Philippines men's national basketball team (Gilas Pilipinas) and the Philippines women's national football team (Filipinas) who have been played in their maiden appearance at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup are among the candidates for the Athlete of the Year of 2023 by the PSA.[2]

The PSA, currently headed by its president, Nelson Beltran, sports editor of The Philippine Star, is the oldest Philippine-based media group established in 1949 and the membership is composed of sportswriters, sports reporters, sports editors, and columnists from the Philippines-based broadsheets, tabloids, online sports websites, and broadcast media.

Honor roll

Main awards

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

Athlete of the Year

EJ Obiena named as the Athlete of the Year of the PSA for 2023.

Pole vaulter Ernest John "EJ" Obiena was the majority choice of the PSA for the Athlete of the Year for 2023 due to his successful accomplishments in that year including the gold medal finishes in the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia, 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Thailand and 2022 Asian Games in China and silver medal rout in the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Hungary, setting new competition, Philippine and Asian records, making it into the 6-meter club and his current placing as the World #2 Pole Vaulter.[3]

Obiena bested Ramirez, Ochoa, the Gilas Pilipinas and the Filipinas teams for the recognition. He is also the first track & field athlete since 2009 (courtesy of Marestella Torres of Long Jump) to be bestowed for the major award.[4]

AwardWinnerSportReferences
Athlete of the YearEJ ObienaAthletics (Pole Vault)[3][4][5]

Main awardees

AwardWinnerSport/Team/RecognitionReferences
President's AwardGilas Pilipinas (Philippines men's national basketball team)Basketball
(2022 Asian Games gold medalist, Men's 5x5 Basketball)		[6][7]
Nationl Sports Association of the YearSamahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) and Jiu-Jitsu Federation of the Philippines (JJFP)Basketball and Jiu-Jitsu
(Responsible for winning 3 out of 4 gold medals in the 2022 Asian Games)		[8][9]
Executive of the YearRamon Ang and Manny PangilinanBasketball
(Main backers of Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the Gilas Pilipinas program)		[10][11][12]
Special Award "Golden Lady Booters"Filipinas (Philippines women's national football team)Football
(Made historic first appearance at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup)		[13][14][15]

Major awardees

Sorted by alphabetical order and based by surname.

WinnerSport/Team/RecognitionReferences
James AranasBilliards
(Champion, 2023 World Cup of Pool)		[16][17][18]
Big Lagoon
Owner and Breeder: Melaine Habla
Trainer: Ruben Tupas
Jockey: John Alvin Guce
Sire/Dam: Havana - Blue Catch		Horse racing (Horse of the Year)
(Champion, 2023 Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) - Philippine Racing Commission (PHILRACOM) Presidential Gold Cup)
Cheska CentenoBilliards
(Champion, 2023 WPA World 10-Ball Women’s Championship)
Johann ChuaBilliards
(Champion, 2023 World Cup of Pool)
John Alvin GuceHorse racing (Jockey of the Year)
(Regular rider of Presidential Golf Cup champion Big Lagoon)
Leonardo "Sandy" Javier, Jr.Horse racing (Horse Owner of the Year)
(Vice Governor of Leyte and well-known and established horse owner)
Meggie OchoaJiu-jitsu
(2022 Asian Games gold medalist, Women's 48 kg)
Annie RamirezJiu-jitsu
(2023 Southeast Asian Games and 2022 Asian Games gold medalist, Women's 57 kg)
Zach RaminBowling
(Champion, 2023 Singapore International Open)
Miguel TabuenaGolf
(Champion, 2023 Asian Tour DGC Open)
Carlos YuloGymnastics
(2023 Southeast Asian Games and 2023 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships multiple gold medalist)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Philippine Sportswriters Association to honor top achievers of 2023". Spin.ph. November 13, 2023. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Asiad gold medalists to be recognized in annual PSA awards". ABS-CBN News. November 13, 2023. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "EJ Obiena gets nod as 2023 PSA Athlete of the Year". Spin.ph. January 1, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "EJ Obiena is PSA's Athlete of the Year". Manila Bulletin. January 1, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Ernest John 'EJ' Obiena: Athlete of the Year!". Business Mirror. January 2, 2024. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  6. ↑ "PSA to honor Gilas Pilipinas". Manila Times. January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Gilas Pilipinas sasaluduhan sa San Miguel-PSA Awards" (in Tagalog). Abante. January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  8. ↑ "SBP, Jiu-Jitsu Federation among top NSAs at PSA Awards Night". Fastbreak. January 11, 2024. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  9. ↑ "SBP, JFP PSA NSAs OF THE YEAR" (in Tagalog). Pilipino Mirror. January 12, 2024. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  10. ↑ "PSA to honor RSA, MVP". Manila Bulletin. January 7, 2024. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  11. ↑ Castillo, Musong R. (January 8, 2024). "Rival tycoons with shared love for basketball honored as PSA Executives of the Year". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  12. ↑ "RSA, MVP may pagkilala sa PSA" (in Tagalog). Abante Tonite. January 8, 2024. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Gilas Pilipinas, Filipinas to be feted in PSA Awards Night". GMA News. January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Scribes to honor Filipinas". Manila Bulletin. January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  15. ↑ "Filipinas Get PSA Special Award". Daily Tribune. January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Jiu-jitsu fighters, Yulo recipients of PSA Major Award". The Philippine Star. January 9, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  17. ↑ "Meggie Ochoa, Annie Ramirez, at Carlos Yulo, paparangalan ng PSA" (in Tagalog). Brigada News FM. January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  18. ↑ "Ochoa, Ramirez, Yulo to be feted". The Market Monitor. January 11, 2024. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
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