FEU booters earn scribes’ recognition

Far Eastern University (FEU) football stars Mon Diansuy and Carmela Altiche take the spotlight on 30 June when they grace the San Miguel Corporation-Collegiate Press Corps (SMC-CPC) Awards at the Discovery Suites in Ortigas, Pasig.

The celebrated booters will finally get their chance to shine alongside the juggernauts from basketball and volleyball in the much-awaited awarding ceremonies.

Far Eastern University stars Mon Diansuy and Carmela Altiche have been selected as the first-ever awardees for the CPC University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Men’s and Women’s Football Player of the Year, respectively, as they led the Morayta-based squad to a historic golden double.

Meanwhile, Amir Aningalan’s heroics in San Beda University’s three-peat campaign made him the perfect recipient of CPC National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Football Player of the Year.

These footballers will join other collegiate stars in the 2025 SMC-CPC Awards Night presented by the Philippine Sports Commission, Pilipinas Live and GMA with World Balance, E-Sports International, Centaur Marketing, My Daily Collagen and Buffalo’s Wings N’ Things as minor sponsors.

The CPC, united into one umbrella in 2022 from then separate UAAP and NCAA press associations for decades, last year started expanding its recognition by featuring the country’s finest volleyball players for also the first time before the addition of Football Players of the Year from both leagues this time around.

Diansuy, who plays as a goalkeeper, was instrumental in FEU’s championship run in the UAAP Season 87 men’s football tournament, marked by a thrilling finale win over Ateneo on penalties, 1-1 (5-4).