PSA Athlete of the Year

PSA Athlete of the Year
PSA Athlete of the Year
Country	Philippines
Presented by	Philippine Sportswriters Association
Currently held by	EJ Obiena (2023)

The PSA Athlete of the Year is an annual award given by the Philippine Sportswriters Association to the best Filipino athletes for their sporting contributions and achievement. It is part of the PSA's Annual Awards Night, one of the most prestigious sport-related awards in the Philippines.

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Notable athletes who have been given this award include Rafael Nepomuceno, Bong Coo, Eric Buhain, Lydia de Vega, Efren Reyes, Manny Pacquiao and Hidilyn Diaz.

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Year	Winner	Sport
1976	Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno	Bowling
1977- 1979	Not awarded	—
1980	Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno	Bowling
1981	Not awarded	—
1982	Lydia de Vega	Track and Field
1983	Frank Cedeño	Professional Boxing
1983	Bong Coo	Bowling
1984	Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno	Bowling
1984	Dodie Boy Peñalosa	Professional Boxing
1985	Dodie Boy Peñalosa	Professional Boxing
1985	Joann Chan	Archery
1986	Ramon Brobio	Golf
	Lydia de Vega	Track and Field
	Bong Coo	Bowling
1987	Lydia de Vega	Track and Field
1987	Eric Buhain	Swimming
1988	Leopoldo Serrantes	Amateur Boxing
1988	Arianne Cerdeña	Bowling
1989	Luisito Espinosa	Professional Boxing
1990	Frankie Miñoza	Golf
	Luisito Espinosa	Professional Boxing
	Roberto Jalnaiz	Amateur Boxing
1991	Eric Buhain	Swimming
1992	Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno	Bowling
1993	Elma Muros	Track and Field
1994	Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco	Amateur Boxing
	Elias Recaido	Amateur Boxing
	Reynaldo Gallido	Amateur Boxing
1995	Elma Muros	Track and Field
1996	Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno	Bowling
1997	Pia Adelle Reyes	Gymnastics
1997	Gerry Peñalosa	Professional Boxing
1998	Frankie Miñoza	Golf
1998	Luisito Espinosa	Professional Boxing
1999	Efren "Bata" Reyes	Billiards
2000	Dorothy Delasin	Golf
2001	Efren "Bata" Reyes	Billiards
2001	Dorothy Delasin	Golf
2002	Manny Pacquiao	Professional Boxing
2002	Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski	Equestrian Sports
2003	Manny Pacquiao	Professional Boxing
2003	CJ Suarez	Bowling
2004	Manny Pacquiao	Professional Boxing
2004	Jennifer Rosales	Golf
2005^[1]	Team Philippines at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games	Various Sports
2006^[2]	Manny Pacquiao	Professional Boxing
	Joan Tipon	Amateur Boxing
	Violito Payla	Amateur Boxing
	Ronnie Alcano	Billiards
	Antonio Gabica	Billiards
	Efren "Bata" Reyes	Billiards
	Biboy Rivera	Bowling
	Rene Catalan	Wushu
2007	Nonito Donaire	Professional Boxing
2007	Miguel Molina	Swimming
2008	Manny Pacquiao	Professional Boxing
2009	Rubilen Amit	Billiards
	Marestella Torres	Athletics (Long Jump)
	Rani Ann Ortega	Taekwondo (Poomsae)
	Camille Alarilla	Taekwondo (Poomsae)
	Janice Lagman	Taekwondo (Poomsae)
	Jayson Castro	Basketball
2010^[3]	Francisco Bustamante	Billiards
	Dennis Orcollo	Billiards
	Biboy Rivera	Bowling
	Rey Saludar	Amateur Boxing
2011^[4]	Nonito Donaire	Professional Boxing
2011^[4]	Dennis Orcollo	Billiards
2012^[5]	Nonito Donaire	Boxing
	Manila Big League team (women's)	Softball
	Josie Gabuco	Boxing
	Ateneo Blue Eagles (men's)	Basketball
2013^[6]	Philippine national team (men's)	Basketball
2014^[7]	Daniel Caluag	BMX cycling
2015^[8]	Nonito Donaire	Boxing
	Donnie Nietes	Boxing
	Miguel Tabuena	Golf
2016^[9]	Hidilyn Diaz	Weightlifting
2017^[10]	Carlo Biado	Billiards
	Krizziah Lyn Tabora	Bowling
	Jerwin Ancajas	Boxing
2018^[11]	Hidilyn Diaz	Weightlifting
	Yuka Saso	Golf
	Bianca Pagdanganan	Golf
	Lois Kaye Go	Golf
	Margielyn Didal	Roller Sports
2019^[12]	Team Philippines at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games	Various Sports
2020^[13]	Yuka Saso	Golf
2021	Hidilyn Diaz	Weightlifting
2022	Hidilyn Diaz	Weightlifting
2023^[14]	EJ Obiena	Track and Field

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Multiple-time winners

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Name	Total
Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno	5
Manny Pacquiao	5
Hidilyn Diaz	4
Nonito Donaire	4
Efren "Bata" Reyes	3
Luisito Espinosa	3
Lydia de Vega	3
Biboy Rivera	2
Bong Coo	2
Dennis Orcollo	2
Dodie Boy Peñalosa	2
Dorothy Delasin	2
Elma Muros	2
Eric Buhain	2
Frankie Miñoza	2
Team Philippines (Southeast Asian Games)	2
Yuka Saso	2

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Hall of Fame
- Paeng Nepomuceno, 1997: bowling
- Bong Coo, 2004: bowling
- Eugene Torre, 2006: chess
- Manny Pacquiao, 2008: professional boxing^[15]^[16]
- Efren Reyes, 2010: billiards^[17]
- Florencio Campomanes, 2010: chess
- Mitsubishi Motors Philippines, 2015: tennis
- Lydia de Vega, 2022: athletics
Lifetime Achievement Award
- Florencio Campomanes, 2006: chess
- 1973 Philippines men's national basketball team, 2014: basketball^[18]
- Eugene Torre, 2017: chess^[19]
- Bong Coo, 2019: bowling^[20]
- Paquito Rivas, 2019: cycling^[21]
- Efren Reyes, 2019: billiards^[22]
- Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco, 2020: basketball
- Joey Romasanta, 2020: volleyball
- Sonny Barrios, 2020: basketball
- Ramon Fernandez, 2021: basketball
- Sonny Jaworski, 2021: basketball
- Elma Muros, 2022: athletics
- Allan Caidic, Samboy Lim, Joe Lipa, Dante Silverio, Turo Valenzona, 2023: basketball
Athlete of the Decade
- Manny Pacquiao, 2009: 'professional boxing^[23]
Athlete of the Century” 1999
- Paeng Nepomuceno, bowling
Athletes of the Millennium 1999
- Lydia de Vega, athletics, track and field
- Carlos Loyzaga, basketball
- Paeng Nepomuceno, bowling
- Bong Coo, bowling
- Pancho Villa, professional boxing
- Gabriel Elorde, professional boxing
- Onyok Velasco, amateur boxing
- Eugene Torre, chess
- Teófilo Yldefonso, swimming
- Felicisimo Ampon, tennis
PSA's President's Award
- NU Bulldogs, 2015: collegiate basketball
- Gilas Pilipinas, 2016: basketball
- Milo Rivera, 2017: motocross
- Manny V. Pangilinan, 2018: basketball (2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Bid Team)
- Carlos Yulo, 2019: gymnastics
- Abraham Tolentino, 2020: cycling/Olympics
- Yuka Saso, 2021: golf (2021 US Women's Open Champion)
- Carlos Yulo, 2021: gymnastics (2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championship Gold & Silver Medalist)
- Alex Eala, 2022: tennis (2022 US Open Girls Champion)
- Gilas Pilipinas, 2023: basketball (2022 Asian Games gold medalist, Men's 5x5 Basketball)

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Team Philippines win 2005 PSA Athletes of the Year – Yehey! Sports^{[permanent dead link]}
[2]
Pacquiao, 7 others named PSA Athletes of the Year – Inquirer.net Archived March 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
[3]
PSA: Four sportsmen share Athlete of the Year award - NBN News^{[permanent dead link]}
[4]
"Sports scribes name Donaire, Orcullo athletes of the year - InterAKTV". Archived from the original on February 18, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
[5]
PSA honors ’12 sports achievers tonite
[6]
Gilas cagers PSA athletes of the year
[7]
Tupas, Cedelf (February 3, 2015). "BMX rider Caluag PSA Athlete of the Year". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
[8]
"Nietes, Donaire, Tabuena share PSA Athlete of the Year award". ABS-CBN Sports. January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
[9]
"PSA to honor Diaz as 2016 Athlete of the Year". ABS-CBN Sports. January 19, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
[10]
"PSA co-Athletes of the Year: Ancajas, Tabora, Biado". Business Mirror. January 15, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
[11]
"Asian Games gold medalists named athletes of the year". Philippine Olympic Committee. January 10, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
[12]
Dioquino, Delfin (January 20, 2020). "PH SEA Games team to be honored as Athlete of the Year in PSA Awards". Rappler. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
[13]
"Golfer Yuka Saso to be hailed as Athlete of the Year". ABS-CBN News. March 7, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
[14]
"EJ Obiena gets nod as 2023 PSA Athlete of the Year". Spin.ph. January 1, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
[15]
Pacquiao is PSA's Athlete of the Year and Hall of Famer – Philippines News Agency^{[permanent dead link]}
[16]
|PSA picks Pacman as ‘Athlete of the Year’ for 5th time
[17]
PSA AWARDS; Reyes, ‘Campo’ mga bida – libre.com.ph
[18]
"PSA President's Award to NU". Tempo. February 7, 2015. Archived from the original on February 8, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
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Torre to receive Lifetime Achievement PSA award
[20]
Bowling legend Bong Coo, cycling great Paquito Rivas to be honored by PSA
[21]
greats Olivia ‘Bong’ Coo, Paquito Rivas to receive Lifetime Award
[22]
Reyes to receive PSA Lifetime Achievement Award
[23]
PSA names Pacquiao athlete of the decade – ABS-CBNNews.com

[1] [1]
Team Philippines win 2005 PSA Athletes of the Year – Yehey! Sports^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] [2]
Pacquiao, 7 others named PSA Athletes of the Year – Inquirer.net Archived March 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[3] [3]
PSA: Four sportsmen share Athlete of the Year award - NBN News^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] [4]
"Sports scribes name Donaire, Orcullo athletes of the year - InterAKTV". Archived from the original on February 18, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2012.

[5] [5]
PSA honors ’12 sports achievers tonite

[6] [6]
Gilas cagers PSA athletes of the year

[7] [7]
Tupas, Cedelf (February 3, 2015). "BMX rider Caluag PSA Athlete of the Year". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved February 8, 2015.

[8] [8]
"Nietes, Donaire, Tabuena share PSA Athlete of the Year award". ABS-CBN Sports. January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.

[9] [9]
"PSA to honor Diaz as 2016 Athlete of the Year". ABS-CBN Sports. January 19, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2017.

[10] [10]
"PSA co-Athletes of the Year: Ancajas, Tabora, Biado". Business Mirror. January 15, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2018.

[11] [11]
"Asian Games gold medalists named athletes of the year". Philippine Olympic Committee. January 10, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2019.

[12] [12]
Dioquino, Delfin (January 20, 2020). "PH SEA Games team to be honored as Athlete of the Year in PSA Awards". Rappler. Retrieved January 20, 2020.

[PSA_Awards_1-13] [13]
"Golfer Yuka Saso to be hailed as Athlete of the Year". ABS-CBN News. March 7, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2021.

[PSA_Awards_2-14] [14]
"EJ Obiena gets nod as 2023 PSA Athlete of the Year". Spin.ph. January 1, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2024.

[15] [15]
Pacquiao is PSA's Athlete of the Year and Hall of Famer – Philippines News Agency^{[permanent dead link]}

[16] [16]
|PSA picks Pacman as ‘Athlete of the Year’ for 5th time

[17] [17]
PSA AWARDS; Reyes, ‘Campo’ mga bida – libre.com.ph

[18] [18]
"PSA President's Award to NU". Tempo. February 7, 2015. Archived from the original on February 8, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2015.

[19] [19]
Torre to receive Lifetime Achievement PSA award

[20] [20]
Bowling legend Bong Coo, cycling great Paquito Rivas to be honored by PSA

[21] [21]
greats Olivia ‘Bong’ Coo, Paquito Rivas to receive Lifetime Award

[22] [22]
Reyes to receive PSA Lifetime Achievement Award

[23] [23]
PSA names Pacquiao athlete of the decade – ABS-CBNNews.com

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