2020 PSA Annual Awards
The 2020 San Miguel Corporation (SMC) - Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Annual Awards was an annual awarding ceremony honoring the individuals (athletes, coaches and officials) and organizations that made a significant impact to Philippine sports in 2019, which was led by the medalists of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games hosted by the country. The event is organized by the Philippine Sportswriters Association under the leadership of Eriberto "Tito" S. Talao (Sports Editor of the Manila Bulletin). The PSA is the oldest Philippine-based media organization, which is founded in 1949, and made up of veteran and seasoned  sports scribes, section editors and columnists from print media (broadsheets and tabloids), sports news websites and social media platforms. Among the awards set to be received this year are the Athlete of the Year (Team Philippines), Lifetime Achievement Award (Efren "Bata" Reyes), President's Award (Carlos Yulo), Executive of the Year (William "Butch" Ramirez), Mr. Basketball (Thirdy Ravena), Ms. Volleyball (Sisi Rondina), Mr. Volleyball (Bryan Bagunas), Mr. Football (Stephan Schröck), Ms. Golf (Bianca Pagdanganan), National Sports Association of the Year (Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines), Major Awards, Minor Citations, Tony Siddayao Awards for Under 17 Athletes, Posthumous Recognition , Milo Junior Athletes of the Year, and the Chooks-To-Go Fan Favorite Award. There will be a new set of awards including the Ms. Basketball (Jack Danielle Aninam) and Coach of the Year (Patrick Aquino) which will be handed out starting this year. Three-time PSA Athlete of the Year (1999, 2001 and 2006) awardee and Philippine billiards legend Efren "Bata" Reyes, who will also set to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award served as the guest speaker. Top sports officials led by PSC Chairman and Executive of the Year awardee William "Butch" Ramirez, International Olympic Committee (IOC) representative to  the Philippines Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski, House Speaker and Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee Chairman Alan Peter Cayetano, Deputy House Speaker Mikee Romero, and POC President Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino are expected to attend the occasion. The awards night was held on March 6, 2020 at the Centennial Hall of the Manila Hotel in Manila. Honor roll. Main awards. The following are the list of main awards of the event. Athletes of the Year. For claiming their second overall championship in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games hosted in the country, the PSA bestowed the Athlete of the Year honors to the Philippine  National Team participated in the biennial meet. This is the second time that the National Team won the Athlete of the Year award. They were recognized with the same honors in the 2006 PSA Annual Awards after securing the championship title of the 2005 SEA Games, also held in the Philippines. The Philippine delegation, which composed of 1,115 national athletes, took home a total of 387 medals (149 golds, 117 silvers, and 121 bronzes; hitting a new record high for most number of medals since the Philippines joined the SEA Games in 1977) from the 11-nation regional sporting meet  held from November 30 to December 11 at four major clusters, Clark, Subic, Metro Manila and Other Areas (Calabarzon-La Union). Other major awards. Here are the other major awards to be conferred in the Awards Night. Major awardees. Sorted in alphabetical order (based on their surnames). Citations. 2019 SEA Games Gold Medalists. All 149 gold medalists including those who won more than two or three golds in the Southeast Asian Games will get to receive the special citation from the PSA. Aquatics – Swimming: Archery: Arnis: Athletics: Baseball: Basketball – 3×3: Basketball – 5×5: Billiards: Boxing: Canoe/Kayak: Cycling: Dancesport: Duathlon: eSports : Fencing: Golf: Gymnastics – Artistic: Gymnastics – Rhythmic: Jiujitsu: Judo: Karatedo: Kickboxing: Kurash: Lawn Bowls: Modern Pentathlon: Muay: Obstacle Course Race: Pencak Silat: Rowing: Rugby: Sailing: Sambo: Sepaktakraw: Shooting: Skateboarding: Soft Tennis: Softball: Squash: Surfing: Taekwondo – Kyorugi: Taekwondo – Poomsae: Tennis: Triathlon: Wakeboarding and Waterski: Weightlifting: Windsurfing: Wrestling: Wushu: Other recipients. Sorted in alphabetical order (based on their surnames). 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. Tony Siddayao Awards for Under-17 Athletes. The award, which is named after Tony Siddayao (deceased, former sports  editor of Manila Standard) is given out to outstanding junior athletes. Sorted in alphabetical order (based on their surnames). Posthumous Awards for Deceased Sports Personalities. The following awards, will be bestowed upon former national & collegiate athletes, officials and sports personalities who passed away in 2019. They will be honor with a short audio-video presentation and a one-minute moment of silence.