# 2022 PSA Annual Awards

The 2022 San Miguel Corporation (SMC) - Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Annual Awards is an annual awarding ceremony honoring the individuals (athletes and officials) and organizations that made a significant impact on Philippine sports in 2021.
The awarding ceremony is set to be held at the March 14, 2022, at the Diamond Hotel in Manila. This would be the first time that the PSA will hold its physical awards night, with a limited capacity (in accordance with the IATF and the government's health and safety protocols) during the COVID-19 pandemic, after staging the 2021 edition virtually. All guests must required to bring vaccination cards or certificates to enter the venue.
The PSA, currently headed by its president, Rey Lachica, sports editor of Tempo, is the oldest Philippine-based media group staffed by sportswriters, sports reporters, sports editors, columnists from broadsheets, tabloids, online sports websites, and radio stations.

## Honor roll
### Main awards

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

#### Athlete of the Year

The PSA awards is set to be led by weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz who will be named as the PSA Athlete of the Year for the third time (Diaz bagged the same award in 2016 and 2018); for her feat of clinching the Philippines first ever Olympic gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
| Award | Winner | Sport | References |
| Athlete of the Year | Hidilyn Diaz | Weightlifting | |

#### Other major awardees

Here are the other major awards to be conferred in the Awards Night.
| Award | Winner | Sport/Team/Recognition |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Ramon Fernandez | Basketball (4-time Philippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player | Commissioner, Philippine Sports Commission) |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Robert Jaworski | Basketball (4-time PBA Champion for Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Known as "Living Legend" of Philippine basketball) |
| National Sports Association of the Year | Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) | Boxing (Bagged 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics boxing event) |
| National Sports Association of the Year | Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP) | Weightlifting (Bagged the Philippines' 1st gold medal in the Summer Olympics history for Weightlifting) |
| President's Award | Yuka Saso | Golf (2020 Tokyo Olympian | 2021 U.S. Women's Open Champion) |
| President's Award | Carlos Yulo | Gymnastics (2020 Tokyo Olympian | 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Champion, Men's Vault and Silver Medalist, Men's Parallel Bars) |
| Executive of the Year | Abraham Tolentino | President, Philippine Olympic Committee |
| Excellence in Leadership Award | William Ramirez | Chairman, Philippine Sports Commission |
| Chooks-to-Go Fan Favorite "Manok ng Bayan" Award | Eumir Marcial | Boxing (2020 Tokyo Olympics Bronze Medalist, Men's Middleweight) |
| Milo Champion of Grit and Glory Award | Hidilyn Diaz | Weightlifting (2020 Tokyo Olympics Gold Medalist, Women's 55 kg) |

### Major awardees

Sorted in alphabetical order (based on their surnames).
| Winner | Sport/Team/Recognition |
| Jerwin Ancajas | Professional Boxing (IBF Super Flyweight Champion) |
| Carlo Biado | Billiards (2021 U.S. Open Pool Championship Champion) |
| John Riel Casimero | Professional Boxing (WBO Bantamweight Champion) |
| Nonito Donaire, Jr. | Professional Boxing (WBC Bantamweight Champion) |
| Alex Eala | Tennis (2021 U.S. Open Junior Girls Doubles Champion) |
| Eumir Marcial | Amateur Boxing (2020 Tokyo Olympics Bronze Medalist, Boxing - Men's Middleweight) |
| Ernest Obiena | Athletics (2020 Tokyo Olympian and Philippine/Asian Record Holder in Men's Pole Vault) |
| Carlo Paalam | Amateur Boxing (2020 Tokyo Olympics Silver Medalist, Boxing - Men's Flyweight) |
| Nesthy Petecio | Amateur Boxing (2020 Tokyo Olympics Silver Medalist, Boxing - Women's Featherweight) |

### Citations

Sorted in alphabetical order (based on their surnames).
| Winner | Sport/Team/Recognition |
| Jeanette Aceveda | Para-Athletics (2020 Tokyo Paralympian) |
| Elreen Ando | Weightlifting (2020 Tokyo Olympian) |
| Kurt Barbosa | Taekwondo (2020 Tokyo Olympian) |
| Gary Bejino | Para swimming (2020 Tokyo Paralympian) |
| Margielyn Didal | Skateboarding (2020 Tokyo Olympian) |
| Allain Ganapin | Para-Taekwondo (2020 Tokyo Paralympian) |
| Ernie Gawilan | Para swimming (2020 Tokyo Paralympian) |
| Luke Gebbie | Swimming (2020 Tokyo Olympian) |
| Achelle Guion | Para-Powerlifting (2020 Tokyo Paralympian) |
| Kristina Knott | Athletics (2020 Tokyo Olympian) |
| Irish Magno | Amateur Boxing (2020 Tokyo Olympian) |
| Jerrold Mangliwan | Para-Athletics (2020 Tokyo Paralympian) |
| Cris Nievarez | Rowing (2020 Tokyo Olympian) |
| Bianca Pagdanganan | Golf (2020 Tokyo Olympian) |
| Juvic Pagunsan | Golf (2020 Tokyo Olympian) |
| Remedy Rule | Swimming (2020 Tokyo Olympian) |
| Vanessa Sarno | Weightlifting (2021 Asian Weightlifting Championships 2-gold and silver medalist, Women's -71 kg) |
| Jayson Valdez | Shooting (2020 Tokyo Olympian) |
| Kiyomi Watanabe | Judo (2020 Tokyo Olympian) |