2023 PSA Annual Awards


The 2023 San Miguel Corporation - Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Annual Awards was an annual awarding ceremony honoring the individuals that made a significant impact on Philippine sports in 2022.
The awarding ceremony was held at the March 6, 2023, at the Grand Ballroom of the Diamond Hotel in Manila. More than 100 sports personalities and entities will be bestowed in the awarding ceremony, highlighted by the crowing of Athlete of the Year to World Championships gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz.
Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Richard "Dickie" Bachmann and Philippine Olympic Committee President Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino has been invited to witness the affair, while Project: Gintong Alay Director and Laoag, Ilocos Norte Mayor Michael Marcos Keon will serve as a guest speaker.
The PSA, currently headed by its president, Rey Lachica, sports editor of Tempo, is the oldest Philippine-based media group established in 1949 and the membership is composed of sportswriters, sports reporters, sports editors, columnists from the Philippine-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

This year's PSA Awards will highlight the recognition of the PSA Athlete of the Year to Hidilyn Diaz, who won her second straight Athlete of the Year accolade and fourth overall title anew.
The PSA unanimously voted Diaz for the Athlete of the Year award after she notched a triple gold medal sweep in the women's 55 kg category at the Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia in December 5–16, 2022.
Her triple gold medal win completes Diaz's gold medal collection including the gold in the 2020 Summer Olympics, Southeast Asian Games, Asian Weightlifting Championships and Asian Games.
AwardWinnerSportReferences
Athlete of the YearHidilyn DiazWeightlifting

Major awardees

2021 Southeast Asian Games gold medalists
These are the gold medalists from the 2021 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam who will receive the citations from the PSA. Other gold medalists who have received another award will not be included.

Tony Siddayao Awards for Junior Athletes and Milo Junior Athletes of the Year

The award, which is named after Tony Siddayao is given out to outstanding junior national athletes aged 17 and below.
The awardees will also brought home the Junior Athletes of the Year award and medals from Milo Philippines.
WinnerSport/Team/RecognitionReferences
Aleia Aielle AguilarJiu-Jitsu
Miguel CarlosArchery
Robert Dayanan, Jr.Karate
William John Riley GoKarting
Micaela Jasmine MojdehSwimming
Philippine Junior Chess TeamChess
Helena Dominique SoKarate
Elaiza YuloGymnastics
Eldrew YuloGymnastics

Posthumous honors

The PSA, will offer a tribute to the sports personalities who died in 2022 through a one minute of silent prayer.