AN ASSISTANT professor from the University of Santo Tomas was among the awardees in the 1st Women in Sports Awards Night held last month.

Dr. Karen Katrina Trinidad of the UST Department of Psychology received a Special Award in Sports Psychology.

“She was a part of Filipina Olympian and weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz’s team who brought home the country’s first gold in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics,” UST said.

“Serving as a consultant in the Philippine Sports Commission – Sports Psychology unit, the Thomasian Sports Psychologist has coached all the national athletes,” it added.

Around 200 nominees across 278 sports were judged according to their contribution to promoting and developing their sport.

In celebration of Women’s Month, the inaugural event was organized by the Philippine Sports Commission in honor of Filipinas who dominated and blazed the trail in sports.