The 2017 PSA Annual Awards was an awarding ceremony, recognizing the sports athletes, personalities, organizations and NSAs for the year 2016. It is organized by the Philippine Sportswriters Association, the Philippines' oldest media organization founded in 1949, with members composed by sports section editors, sportswriters and sports columnists from major national broadsheets, tabloids and online sports news portals. PSA is currently headed by Riera Mallari, sports editor of the '' Manila Standard''. The awards night took place at the Le Pavillon, Pasay on February 13, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. ( UTC +08). The awards night was hosted by veteran sports broadcaster

Quinito Henson Joaquin M. Henson (born October 14, 1950), also known as Quinito Henson, is a Filipino sports analyst and television color commentator. His newspaper column, ''Sporting Chance'', has appeared in the ''Philippine Star'' since the 1980s. Self-dubb ...

and Sports5 head

Patricia Bermudez-Hizon Patricia Bermudez-Hizon (born September 5, 1977) is a sportscaster and television host in the Philippines. She is the current head of One Sports last January 2016 replacing Chot Reyes. She is the first ever female basketball television and radio ...

with Carla Lizardo and Steph Ongkiko as the co-hosts. Philippine Sports Commission Chairman William "Butch" Ramirez and Philippine Olympic Committee President Jose "Peping" Cojuangco, Jr. and other top sports officials were invited to the event.

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silver medalist

Hidilyn Diaz Hidilyn Francisco Diaz-Naranjo (; born February 20, 1991) is a Filipino World and Olympic champion weightlifter and airwoman, the first Filipino to ever win an Olympic gold medal for the Philippines. She is also an Olympic weightlifting reco ...

of Weightlifting has named as the PSA Athlete of the Year. She was unanimously chosen by the members of the PSA and beat two other names in the organization's shortlist for the coveted award,

Janelle Mae Frayna Janelle Mae Frayna (born May 19, 1996) is a Filipina chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster by FIDE in 2017, becoming the first from the Philippines to achieve this. She is a 3-time and the current Philippine Women's Che ...

of Chess and Sen. Manny Pacquiao of boxing. Diaz, who is first Female athlete to win the Athlete of the Year award since 2012 will lead the 91 awardees of the event.

Honor roll

Main awards

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

Major awardees

These are the major awardees of the event. Sorted in alphabetical order.

Citations

Milo Junior Athletes of the Year

Tony Siddayao Awards for Under-17 athletes

The awards was given to young and exceptional athletes aged 17 and below, and was named after Siddayao, the former sports section editor of Manila Standard in the 1980s.

Posthumous awards

The award were given to Philippine sports personalities who passed away in 2016. They will give a trophy and a one-minute of silence for all honorees. *Emy Arcilla (PBA television coverage analyst) *

Gilbert Bulawan Gilbert Domingo Bulawan (August 25, 1986 – July 3, 2016) was a Filipino professional basketball player who played for the Meralco Bolts, Barako Bull Energy Cola and Blackwater Elite of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was draft ...

( Blackwater Elite basketball player) *Benjie Castro ( Sports Radio 918 broadcaster and voice-over talent) *

Filomeno Codiñera Filomeno Codiñera Jr. (March 25, 1939 – October 25, 2016), also known as Boy Codiñera, was a Filipino baseball and softball player. He has represented both the men's national softball and baseball teams of the Philippines. He played as an outf ...

(Filipino baseball and softball player; 2016 PSA lifetime achievement awardee) * Virgilio "Baby" Dalupan (Filipino basketball head coach; known as "The Maestro") * Cecil Hechanova ( Philippine Sports Commission chairman, 1990-1992) * Carlos "Caloy" Loyzaga (Philippines' national men's basketball team player; two-time Olympian) *Rogie Maglinas ( UP Fighting Maroons football player) *Jonas Mariano (former La Salle basketball player) *

Ronnie Nathanielsz Ronald Fredrick William Nathanielsz (November 3, 1935 – November 11, 2016), was a Sri Lankan-born Filipino sports journalist, commentator and analyst. Early life Nathanielsz was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1935. He was the eldest son of ...

(veteran sports broadcaster and columnist) * Mariano "Tom" Ong (Filipino sports shooter; two time Olympian) *Hermie Rivera (Boxing analyst and manager)

References

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