Manny Pacquiao is the 2011 ESPY Fighter of the Year!

Our very own Manny Pacquiaois the Best Fighter of the Year in the annual ESPY Awards for the second time.

This is the second win forPacquiao. He won his first BestFighter of the Year last 2009.

The ESPY or Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards is brought to you by the AmericanSports Channel ESPN. They recognize the performance andachievements of Athletes plus other sports-related performance.

The awarding ceremony was held last Wednesday, July 13 at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California, USA.

We would like to congratulate Manny Pacquiao! You are the pride of the Philippines!

Here is the list of the winners from the 2011 ESPY Awards:

Best Championship Performance – goalie Tim Thomas of the Stanley Cup championBoston Bruins.

Best Female Athlete – reigning Olympic downhill champion and three-time overall World Cup ski champion Lindsey Vonn.

Best Male College Athlete – BYU’s Jimmer Fredette, who led the nation in scoring as a senior at 28.5 points per game.

Recipient of the Jimmy V Award – NCAA wrestling champion Anthony Robles of Arizona State.

Best Game – the Philadelphia Eagles’ 38-31 victory over the New York Giants.

Best Upset – the VCU men’s basketball team.

Best NFL Player – Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers.

Best MLB Player – pitcher Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Best Driver – five-time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson.

Best WNBA Player – Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury.

Best Fighter – Manny Pacquiao, boxing’s first and only eight-division champion.

Best Male Golfer – U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy.

Best Female Golfer – Cristie Kerr.

Best Male Tennis Player – Rafael Nadal.

Best Female Tennis Player – Serena Williams.

Best Female College Athlete – Maya Moore of Connecticut.

Best Male Action Sport Athlete – Shaun White.

Best Female Action Sport Athlete – Stephanie Gilmore.

Best Jockey – John Velasquez.

Best Male Athlete with a Disability – Arizona State wrestler Anthony Robles.

Best Female Athlete with a Disability – swimmer Mallory Weggemann.

Best Bowler – Jason Belmonte.

Best MLS Player – Landon Donovan.

Best Track and Field Athlete – sprinter Tyson Gay.

Best Comeback – former Boston College linebacker Mark Herzlich.

Castrol EDGE NFL Strongest Performance – Arian Foster of the Houston Texans.

Capital One Cup – Stanford women’s athletics and Florida men’s athletics.

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