FEU awardees Carmela Altiche and Mon Diansuy were honored by the Collegiate Press Corps as their UAAP Football Players of the Year.
The FEU football program has let results speak for itself in recent years as they’ve been among the powerhouses across all divisions in the UAAP.
Two seasons removed from their title treble where FEU won the title in the men’s, women’s and juniors’ division of the UAAP, the Tamaraws once again proved their mettle with championships for the men’s and women’s teams in Season 87.
More recently, two of their players were also recognized by the Collegiate Press Corps as UAAP Football Players of the Year for the men’s and women’s division.
Carmela Altiche, who won the award for the Lady Tamaraws, spoke about the impact of getting the award — which was also the first time that the CPC had recognized football players in its history.
“Sa football, malaking bagay po siya para po magkaron ng [recognition]. Para mas maging malawak yung [attention] at magkaron kami ng mas maraming yung nakakakilala samin.” Altiche said during the CPC Awards Night last Monday.
“Syempre, dito sa Pilipinas, its more on basketball and volleyball, siguro po, napakalaking bagay nito para po kahit papano, pakonti konti, makilala po yung sports namin.”
Sharing the award with Mon Diansuy, who was named Player of the Year for being the commander on defense for the FEU Tamaraws as their goalkeeper, it was a testament of what the Morayta squad can do thanks to their program.
“It means FEU talaga yung pinakamagandang program for football. So, that’s why kita naman sa mga records na nakukuha ng FEU,” he said.
“Syempre, FEU kami and makikita naman po sa mga previous tournament na sinalihan namin, kung ilang championship na po kami napasok, and I think masasabi ko po na FEU yung may pinakamagandang program sa lahat ng program sa UAAP sa football,” agreed Altiche.
Apart from their Player of the Year citations, both Altiche and Diansuy were also tournament MVPs and league MVPs in Season 87.