With almost 250 athletes of different federations as well as volunteers, sponsors, technical officials, coaches, and corporate sponsors of various sports such as Basketball, Volleyball, Track and Field, Athletics, Swimming, Tennis, Triathlon, Wrestling, Weightlifting, Baseball, Canoe, and Softball attended the Annual Banquet that was held at the Palau Pacific Resort. The Annual Sports Award was graced by the President – Johnson Toribiong who gave an inspiring speech that opened the hearts of many athletes who attended the occasion of aiming to break records on future sporting events by giving a bit of his experience and history on how him and his colleagues brought home the championship title in the game of baseball. Also in attendance was Bilung Gloria Salii, members of the House of Delegates, members of the Senate, and other high ranking government and private officials who have constantly supported in accomplishing outstanding results of each sport programs. PNOC also showed an advertisement of the games of the 2012 London Olympics that left all sportsperson on a high note in which they will use to intensify their eagerness to achieve more in the future
Although many are present at the occasion, only a handful of male and female athletes, coaches, technical officials, and sponsors were awarded for their greatest achievement for last years sporting events and these are; Athletics, Douglas Schmidt – Male Athlete, Peoria Koshiba- Female Athlete, Ltelatk Fritz – Volunteer, Carson Olkeriil – Coach, Track Golden Oldies – Sponsor, Laura Mangham – Special Recognition; Baseball, Wataru Ise – Male Athlete, Rodeon Toribiong – Volunteer, Darwin Inabo – Coach, Rufino Kazuma and Ben Thomas – Technical Official, President Johnson Toribiong – Special Recognition; Basketball, Perry Oiterong – Male Athlete, Wanda Kelulau – Female Athlete, Rayson King – Volunteer, Logan Ngiriou – Coach, Wallace Rikrik, Coralee Echang, and Jacques Stills – Technical Official, PPR, Koror State, and Surangel and Sons – Sponsor, Shell Palau Inc. – Corporate Sponsor; Canoe, Yuri Ito-Male Athlete, Dana Sebaklim – Female Athlete, Benancius Kloulubak – Volunteer, Hulda Lukas – Coach, Villa Ngirailild – Technical Official, Neco Group of Companies and Rotary Club – Sponsor, PPR and Koror State Rangers – Corporate Sponsors, Marc “Sechou” Rengiil – Special Recognition; Football, Geoffrey Fryers – Volunteer, Peace Dream Foundation – Sponsor; Softball, Royce Sadang – Male Athlete, Sweety Kalbedsang – Female Athlete, Ongiall Association – Volunteer, Billy Umang – Coach; Swimming, Liam Bornovski –Male Athlete, Antja Flowers – Female Athlete, Tino Faatuuala – Coach of the Year, Tova Harel – Volunteer, Koror State Rangers – Technical Official, Ongiall Association – Sponsor, Neco Plaza – Corporate Sponsor, Dr. Caleb Otto grabbed the special recognition as Photographer of the year; Tennis, Kaito Fuji – Male Athlete, Ayana Rengiil – Female Athlete, Noel Reyes – Volunteer, Ernestine Rengiil – Coach, KSG and PPR – Sponsor; Triathlon, Yuri Ito – Male Athlete, Maria Gibbons – Female Athlete, Koror State Rangers – Volunteer, Tino Faatuula – Coach, Toshikazu Mizawa – Technical Official, GK2 Inc. and Kramers – Sponsor, Shell Palau – Corporate Sponsor; Volleyball, Mitchell Mamis – Male Athlete, Josephine Ngirmidol – Female Athlete, Sherman Kelmal – Volunteer, Liansky Joshua – Technical Official, KSG –Sponsor, NECO Group of Companies – Corporate Sponsor; Weightlifting, Stevick Patris – Male Athlete, Alexandria Patris – Female Athlete, Jeff Ngirarsaol – Volunteer, Shell Palau – Sponsor; Wrestling, Elgin Elwais – Male Athlete, Samantha Rechelluul – Female Athlete, Leon Mengloi – Volunteer, Young Ho Ko – Coach, John Tarkong Jr. – Technical Official, George Rechucher, PPR, and HANPA – Sponsor, WCTC – Corporate Sponsor.
