Evan McDermott Season 2025-26

Honors & Awards

• Six Career Top-25 Finishes (4, 2024-25)
• Tie for 50th, Big Ten Championship (2025)
• Big Ten Golfer to Watch (2024)
• GCAA Scholar All-American (2025)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2024, 2025)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2022, 2023, 2024; Spring 2023, 2025)
• Dick Spangler Golf Scholarship (2024-25)
• Nebraska Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (2024-25)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2024, 2025)
• U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier (2022)
• Michigan High School Division 2 Runner-Up (2022)

Redshirt Sophomore (2024-25)
Evan McDermott was a consistent contributor to the Nebraska lineup in 2024-25. He closed with a 73.44 stroke average over 32 rounds, which ranked as the second-best average by a sophomore in school history. McDermott and Hamish Murray were the only Huskers to compete in all 32 rounds for NU on the year.

McDermott earned the No. 1 spot in the lineup at the season-opening Gopher Invitational (Sept. 8-9), finishing at 223 (+10) to tie for 38th in an 80-player field, while helping NU finish third.

He fired a career-best 211 (-2) to tie for 11th at Nebraska’s Git-R-Done Invitational (Sept. 23-24). McDermott tied a career best with a 67 (-4) in the second round on the par-71, 7,003-yard layout at Firethorn, before closing with a 70 (-1).

At the Badger Invite (Sept. 29-Oct. 1), he tied for 36th in a 90-player field with a 222 (+6) on a par-72, 7,286-yard layout at the University Ridge Golf Course, including a second-round 71 (-1).

He tied for 26th with a 222 (+12) at the Qubein Cup (Oct. 14-15), including a second-round 71 (+1) at the Sedgefield CC in Greensboro, N.C. to help NU to a third-place finish.

McDermott closed the fall at the Steelwood Collegiate (Oct. 26-27), settling for a 233 (+17), despite an even-par 72 in the second round.

He opened the spring by tying for 15th with a 214 (-2) at the Palmas Del Mar Collegiate in Puerto Rico (Feb. 9-11), including back-to-back rounds of 70 (-2). He was NU’s No. 3 finisher at The Johnnie-O at Sea Island (March 17-18), managing a 73 (+3) before strong winds halted play. He closed with an even-par 70.

McDermott followed with a tie for 49th with a 222 (+6) at the Bell Bank “Pay It Forward” Collegiate in Arizona (March 24-25), including an even-par opening-round 72. He helped the Huskers to a third-place team finish.

McDermott tied for 22nd at 216 (+6) to help NU to another third-place finish at the Tiger Intercollegiate (April 7-8) with rounds of 72, 74 and even-par 70 at The Club at Old Hawthorne.

He notched his fourth top-25 finish with a tie for 17th at 223 (+10) to help the Huskers to a season-best runner-up finish at the Robert Kepler Invite (April 18-19) in Ohio.

McDermott tied for 50th at the Big Ten Championship (April 25-27). He closed with a 221 (+11) that included an even-par 70 in the opening round at the Baltimore Country Club.

Redshirt (2023-24)
McDermott redshirted in 2023-24. He finished third behind champion Reed Malleck and runner-up Hamish Murray at the 2024 Nebraska Amateur Championship in July.

Freshman (2022-23)
McDermott posted a 75.45 stroke average over 20 rounds. He capped the fall with a season-best 216 (67-74-75) that included a career-best 67 (-5) at the White Sands Invitational in the Bahamas (Oct. 28-30).

He tied for 32nd as NU’s No. 3 finisher with a tie for 41st at the Purdue Invitational with a 228 (74-74-80), Oct. 10-11.

McDermott opened as NU’s top finisher in a tie for sixth at 148 (72-76) as an individual at the rain-shortened Badger Invitational (Sept. 11-13).

He opened the spring by going 1-2 at the Big Ten Match Play, before carding a 232 (76-75-81) as NU’s No. 2 finisher at The Prestige  (Feb. 20-22). He earned his final lineup spot at the Desert Mountain Collegiate in Scottsdale (March 4-5), where he was Nebraska’s No. 4 finisher at 234.

He competed as an individual at the Stampede at the Creek in Elkhorn (April 11-12), where he finished 13th with a 220 that included back-to-back 70s (-2) in the first and second rounds.

He also played as an individual at the Fighting Illini Spring Collegiate (April 28), tying for 45th with a 231 (78-77-76).

Before Nebraska
The 2022 Michigan High School Division 2 runner-up, McDermott also tied for third at the Division 2 State Championships in 2021, while helping Spring Lake to a top-10 team finish. His performance included a second-round 68. He fired the best round of his prep career with a 64 at Terra Verde.

McDermott took medalist honors at the 2022 Michigan Lower Peninsula Division 2 Regional tournament at Lincoln Hills in Ludington after firing a 69, leading Spring Lake to the regional team title. He ranked No. 1 in the state when factoring in nine-hole qualifying rounds and No. 3 in 18-hole qualifying as a senior.

In August of 2021, McDermott competed at the Golfweek Junior Tour event at Notre Dame, taking the top spot in a 51-golfer field at the 36-hole tournament. His performance featured six birdies and an eagle. He added a top-10 finish on the Golfweek Junior Tour at Kettering, Ohio in October, carding back-to-back rounds of 73.

Personal
The son of Marty and Rachel McDermott, Evan is a mechanical engineering major. He earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades in 2024 and 2025. He is a five-time member of the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll. He also earned spots on the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2024 and 2025. He served on the Nebraska Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in 2024-25. McDermott brought strong ties with him to Nebraska. His uncle, Greg, is the head men’s basketball coach at Creighton, while Evan’s cousin, Doug, was a three-time All-American at Creighton and is in the NBA.

Career Statistics

Year	Rounds	Strokes	Average
2022-23	20	1,509	75.45
2023-24		Redshirt
2024-25	32	2,350	73.44
2025-26
Career Totals	52	3,859	74.21

Career Bests
*Best Tournament Finish -  T6th (Badger, 9/13/22)
Low 54-hole score - 211 (Git-R-Done, 9/24/24)
Low Round - 67 (Git-R-Done, 9/23/24); (White Sands, 10/28/22)
Career Rounds Under Par - 8