The 2021 San Miguel Corporation (SMC) -

Philippine Sportswriters Association Annual Awards The PSA Annual Awards is an annual awarding ceremony organized by the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) held to honor individual Filipinos or teams for their contribution in sports in the year prior save for certain awards. The PSA is the ...

was an annual awarding ceremony honoring the top sports personalities (athletes, coaches - living and deceased, national sports associations & organizations) who made tremendous contribution to Philippine sports in the year 2020 despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the postponement and cancellation of major sports events in the country within the first months of the community quarantine and the resumption of sporting tournaments under the bubble setup. The awards night was held on March 27, 2021. For the first time in the history of the awards and in time of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's edition was staged via hybrid or virtual format, with most of the awardees, including those who reside and train overseas, hooked up online and the awards proper was conducted at the TV5 Media Center in Mandaluyong. The PSA Awards was aired via delayed telecast on One Sports+ Channel, the following day. William "Butch" Ramirez, Chairperson of the Philippine Sports Commission, served as the guest speaker of the awards night. The organizer, Philippine Sportswriters Association, under its president Eriberto "Tito" S. Talao of Manila Bulletin is considered as the country's oldest media organization, with membership consisting of sportswriters, section editors and columnists from various sports websites, newspapers and tabloids in the Philippines.

Honor roll

Main awards

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

Athlete of the Year

For her back-to-back championship triumphs in the NEC Karuizawa Championship and the Nitori Ladies Golf Tournament of LPGA of Japan Tour last year, Fil-Japanese professional golfer Yuka Saso was named as the Athlete of the Year of the PSA. This is the second time that Saso bagged the prestigious award, as she have won the same honors in the

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, along with

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gold medalists

Bianca Pagdanganan Bianca Isabel Pagdanganan (born 28 October 1997) is a Filipino professional golfer. As an amateur, she was a dual medalist in the 2018 Asian Games, winning a bronze in the women's individual event, and a gold medal in the team event with Yuka S ...

and Lois Kaye Go of golf,

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 and Margielyn Didal of skateboarding.

Other major awardees

Here are the other major awards to be conferred in the Awards Night.

Major awardees

Sorted in alphabetical order (based on their surnames).

Citations

Sorted in alphabetical order (based on their surnames).

Posthumous Honors

The following recognitions, will be bestowed upon former national & collegiate athletes, officials and sports personalities who passed away in 2020. They will be honor with a short audio-video presentation and a one-minute moment of silence.

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