LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference announced its 2025-26 Pete Nevins Scholar-Athletes of the Year, with East Stroudsburg's Anna Coulter and Gannon’s Sverre Orten both awarded the honor.
 
The two honorees were selected by a vote of the conference’s sports information directors and athletics communications professionals.
 
The PSAC’s Pete Nevins Scholar-Athlete of the Year Awards are presented to the top student-athletes who have achieved at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average while competing at an outstanding athletic level. Student-athletes must have been recognized as a PSAC Fall, Winter, or Spring Top Ten Award Winner to be eligible for the honor. The award was renamed in 2007 to honor East Stroudsburg’s long-time sports information director, Pete Nevins, who passed away earlier that year. Nevins held his position at ESU for 33 years and it is estimated that he wrote articles on more than 12,000 ESU events that covered more than 5,000 student-athletes.
 
Coulter becomes the second-ever East Stroudsburg student-athlete (and first ESU woman) to claim the award. Orten is the fourth student-athlete from Gannon to win the award since the Golden Knights joined the PSAC prior to the 2008 season.
 
A complete historical list of all Pete Nevins Scholar-Athletes can be found here.


 
 
Anna Coulter
East Stroudsburg
Hershey, Pa. / Hershey
Women's Volleyball
Major: Sports Management
Cumulative GPA: 3.90
 
Coulter led East Stroudsburg to its sixth PSAC Women's Volleyball title in the fall of 2025 and was named PSAC Tournament MVP. She also led ESU to its first NCAA tournament win in program history in addition to being named PSAC East Athlete of the Year, D2CCA/AVCA Atlantic Region Player of the Year, a D2CCA First Team All-American, and a CSC Academic All-American. She led Division II in total blocks (200) and was ranked second in blocks per set at 1.65. She set new East Stroudsburg single-season records in blocks and blocks per set and ranked fourth on that list in kills (439), fifth in attack percentage (.356), and 11th in kills per set (3.63). She is ESU's all-time leader in blocks (518), attack percentage (.370), fifth in sets played (424), and third in kills (1,364).

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Sverre Orten
Gannon
Orsta, Norway / Aalesund vgs
Men's Soccer
Major: Finance
Cumulative GPA: 3.84
 
Orten led Division II in goals (17) and ranked top 10 nationally in assists (12), finishing the season with 46 points to anchor Gannon’s offense and emerged as one of the most impactful players in the country. Orten’s elite play earned him the D2CCA Ron Lenz All-American Player of the Year, along with D2CCA First Team All-American honors and United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-American recognition. Regionally, Orten was named the D2CCA Atlantic Region Player of the Year and selected to the D2CCA Atlantic Region First Team. Within the conference, Orten was named PSAC West Athlete of the Year after helping guide the Golden Knights to their first PSAC Championship. His leadership and production also helped Gannon finish the season ranked No. 11 in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25. Orten’s exceptional 2025 campaign also propelled him up Gannon’s record book, as he now stands second in career assists (46) and seventh in career points (116).