Men's Soccer 11/12/2025 2:30:00 PM Bob Shreve, Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations

Gannon Claims Three Major PSAC Awards, Orten Repeats as Athlete of the Year

Colton selected PSAC West Coach of the Year for third straight season

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference today announced its men's soccer postseason awards with Gannon not only well represented, but nearly sweeping the major awards for a third straight year. Gannon received three of the four major awards for the 2025 All-PSAC West Men's Soccer Teams while a total of eight Golden Knights earned all-conference awards. Seven Gannon players were honored in each of the previous two years.

Head coach Billy Colton was named the PSAC West Coach of the Year for the third straight year and fourth time overall. Sverre Orten (Orsta, Norway/Aalesund vgs) repeated as the Athlete of the Year while Enzo Rekka (Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina/Gymnasium of the Catholic School Centre "Sveti Franjo") was selected the Freshman of the Year. Lock Haven's Danny Ogan was voted the Defensive Athlete of the Year.

Gannon had seven first-team honorees. They included Orten, Rekka, Rafa Hyde (São José dos Campos, Brazil/), Andre Moraes (Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil/Colegio Singular), Jensen Peake (Staffordshire, England), Gonzalo Perez (Madrid, Spain/Virgen de Europa), and Shota Toyama (Kanagawa, Japan/Tama). Frederik Paulsen (Odense, Denmark/Oure Kostgymnasium) earned a spot on the second team.

Colton and Orten are now in rarified air in the PSAC. Colton is the first coach to earn Coach of the Year three straight years. He has guided the Golden Knights to seven straight wins and an 11-2-4 record overall. That includes an 8-0-2 ledger in the Western Division. Gannon has now gone undefeated in 31 straight Western Division regular season matches.

Gannon will host the PSAC Final Four on Friday, Nov. 14 with the Golden Knights facing West Chester. Friday's semifinal winners play for the PSAC Championship on Sunday. Gannon is currently 15th in the latest United Soccer Coaches Div. II Top 25 and sixth in the Atlantic Region poll. Colton's squad ranks second in Div. II in goals with 57.

Orten is one of the most highly-decorated players in Gannon men's soccer history. A senior midfielder from Orsta, Norway, he is the first player to earn PSAC Men's Soccer Player of the Year in back-to-back years since Jeremy Deighton of Slippery Rock in 2008-09. In addition, he is just the third Golden Knight to earn first team All-PSAC honors, joining Bautista Corti (Manuel Alberti, Argentina/Adultos 2000) (2021-24) and Robbie Bennett (2011-14).

A two-time All-American, Orten leads the Golden Knights in goals (14), assists (12) and points (40). He also paces the PSAC in all three categories. He leads Division II in points per game (2.35) and is third in assists per game (0.71). He has climbed into second place in career assists at Gannon with 46 and is tied for eighth in career points with 110.

Rekka continues a trend for Gannon with Freshmen of the Year. This marks the third time in the last four years a Golden Knight has claimed the honor. A forward from Tuzia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, he is tied for second on the team in points with 29 while ranking second in assists (11). In fact, he is second in the PSAC in assists and fifth nationally, one spot behind Orten.

Moraes has now been selected the first team goalkeeper the last two years. The redshirt junior from Brazil has taken over as Gannon's starter the second half of the season, in all starting ten matches. He has an 8-1-2 record with a 1.07 GAA and a pair of shutouts. He has shared two other shutouts.

The rest of Gannon's All-PSAC performers are all first-time honorees. Seniors Shota Toyama (Kanagawa, Japan/Tama) and Gonzalo Perez (Madrid, Spain/Virgen de Europa) are standouts in the midfield and at defender, respectively. Toyama, a native of Japan, has contributed 4 goals and 5 assists for 13 points along with providing strong defense.

Speaking of defense, Perez took over as the back line of defense for Corti and has helped the Golden Knights record eight shutouts while allowing just 18 goals. The native of Spain contributed one goal on the offensive end.

Hyde has provided the Golden Knights high-scoring offense with another big-time threat. From Brazil, the junior forward is second on the team in goals with 10, adding nine assists, and is tied with Rekka with 29 points.

Peake and Paulsen joined Perez on the back wall. A junior defender, Peake is in his first season as a Golden Knight after transferring from Lake Tahoe CC. He has 2 goals and 4 assists for 8 points.

Paulsen is a freshman defender from Denmark. He has 2 goals for 4 points.

2025 ALL-PSAC WESTERN DIVISION TEAMS

Western Division Athlete of the Year: Sverre Orten (Orsta, Norway/Aalesund vgs), Gannon
Western Division Defensive Player of the Year: Danny Ogan, Lock Haven
Western Division Freshman of the Year: Enzo Rekka (Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina/Gymnasium of the Catholic School Centre "Sveti Franjo"), Gannon
Western Division Coach of the Year: Billy Colton, Gannon

PSAC Men's Soccer Western Division First-Team All-Conference

Position	Name	Cl.	Institution
Defense	Ron Klinger^	So.	Seton Hill
Defense	Danny Ogan*	Jr.	Lock Haven
Defense	Jensen Peake (Staffordshire, England)	Jr.	Gannon
Defense	Gonzalo Perez (Madrid, Spain/Virgen de Europa)	Sr.	Gannon
Forward	James Aubrey^	Jr.	Seton Hill
Forward	Kade Black^	Jr.	Lock Haven
Forward	Rafa Hyde (São José dos Campos, Brazil/)	Jr.	Gannon
Forward	Enzo Rekka (Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina/Gymnasium of the Catholic School Centre "Sveti Franjo")	Fr.	Gannon
Midfield	Vasilis Christodoulou^	Sr.	Seton Hill
Midfield	Julian Marker*^	Sr.	Seton Hill
Midfield	Sverre Orten (Orsta, Norway/Aalesund vgs)***	Sr.	Gannon
Midfield	Shoto Toyama	Sr.	Gannon
Goalie	Andre Moraes (Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil/Colegio Singular)*	R-Jr.	Gannon

PSAC Men's Soccer Western Division Second-Team All-Conference

Position	Name	Cl.	Institution
Defense	Felix Knorn	Fr.	Seton Hill
Defense	Owen Lichtenwalner	So.	Lock Haven
Defense	Frederik Paulsen (Odense, Denmark/Oure Kostgymnasium)	Fr.	Gannon
Defense	Colton Spence	Sr.	Slippery Rock
Forward	Rowan Aisenbrey	So.	Seton Hill
Forward	Pau Cano	Fr.	Pitt-Johnstown
Forward	Brady Olsen	Sr.	California
Forward	Kaden Reynolds	So.	Slippery Rock
Midfield	Javier Contreras Leon	Fr.	Lock Haven
Midfield	Ryan Hanes	Jr.	Slippery Rock
Midfield	Jaeger James	Sr.	Pitt-Johnstown
Midfield	Billy Lawrence	So.	Lock Haven
Goalie	Ethan Beck^	So.	Lock Haven