The 2025 San Miguel Corporation (SMC)-Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Annual Awards was an annual awarding ceremony recognizing the individuals (athletes, officials), teams, National Sports Associations and organizations that achieved success and brought pride and honor to the Philippine sports in the year 2024, specifically in the recent campaign of the Filipino athletes in the 2024 Paris Olympics led by gold medalist Carlos Yulo.
The awards ceremony was held on January 27, 2025, at the Centennial Hall of the Manila Hotel in Manila.
A total of 117 athletes from the past Filipino Olympians to present sports achievers, coaches, officials, sports organizations and entities led by 2024's PSA Athlete of the Year Carlos Yulo were being honored and given recognition in the biggest PSA Awards to date with the theme "Golden Year, Golden Centenary" in line with the 100th year anniversary of the Philippines' participation in the Summer Olympics.
Former Senator and two-time Basketball Olympian Freddie Webb was served as the guest speaker on behalf of all the former Olympic athletes.
Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Richard Bachmann, Philippine Olympic Committee President Abraham Tolentino, Philippine Paralympic Committee President Michael Barredo, 1-Pacman Representative Mikee Romero and Senator Bong Go are among those who were attended the awarding ceremony.
The PSA, currently headed by its president, Nelson Beltran, sports editor of The Philippine Star, is the oldest Philippine-based media group established in 1948 and the membership is composed of sportswriters, sports reporters, sports editors, and columnists from the Philippines-based print media (broadsheets and tabloids), online sports news websites, broadcast (TV and radio) and social media.
The following are the list of main awards of the event.
The Philippine Sportswriters Association named Carlos Yulo as the unanimous choice for the Athlete of the Year of 2024 on its annual awards night, citing his recent two gold medal feat in the 2024 Paris Olympics, making him as the first Filipino athlete to win multiple gold medals in the 100-year participation of Team Philippines in the Olympics. He also brought home 4 gold medals in the 2024 Asian Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Uzbekistan.
Yulo is the second gymnast to receive the prestigious Athlete of the Year honors after former SEA Games gymnastics medalist Pia Adelle Reyes, who won the coveted Athlete of the Year by the PSA in 1997.
Sorted by alphabetical order and based by surname.
The PSA, will also handout recognition and special tribute for all the Olympic athletes and Paralympic athletes who were participated in the recent 2024 Paris Olympics and 2024 Paris Paralympics as well as the other living members of the Philippine Olympic Teams from 1964 Tokyo Olympics until the 2020 Rio Olympics in coordination with the Philippine Olympians Association.
Sorted by alphabetical order and based by surname.
The award, which is named after Tony Siddayao (deceased, former sports editor of the Manila Standard) and sponsored by Milo Philippines is given out to outstanding junior national athletes aged 18 and below.
During the awards program, the organization will offer a special tribute and remembrance to the sports personalities who died in 2024 and January 2025 through a one minute of silent prayer.