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Career Honors & Awards
- Six-Time U.S. National Champion (Cypress Academy of Gymnastics)
- Three-Time U.S. National All-Around Champion
- Three-Time National Champion (pommel horse, still rings, parallel bars)
- 2024 Men's Development Program National Championships (First in all-around, pommel horse, high bar; Second in floor, still rings, parallel bars)
- Big Ten Rookie of the Week (2/17/25)
- CGA Rookie of the Week (2/24/25)
Academic Awards - Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2024)
- Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2025)
Career & Season Highs
| FX | PH | SR | V | PB | HB | AA | |
| Career Highs | -- | 13.65 | -- | -- | 13.30 | 13.25 | -- |
| 2025 | -- | 13.65 | -- | -- | 13.30 | 13.25 | -- |
2025 (Freshman)
Caden Clinton, a freshman from Cypress, Texas, competed in one meet this season. Against Greenville University, Clinton competed in three events. In the pommel horse, he grabbed a 13.65 and the fourth-place position. He also competed on parallel bars and earned another fourth-place score of 13.30. On the high bars, Clinton earned a second-place finish by recording an impressive 13.25. After the Greenville meet, Clinton had an injury that concluded his first year at Nebraska.
Caden grabbed several accolades in his first season as a Husker, including Big Ten Rookie of the Week in mid-February. He was later voted as the CGA Rookie of the Week for his performance at the Winter Cup in late February.
In the classroom, Clinton was named to the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the fall semester and was a Tom Osborne Citizenship Team member.
Before Nebraska
Clinton competed with Cypress Academy of Gymnastics under Head Coach Tom Meadows in Cypress, Texas, where his father Grant Clinton also trained. The club is a six-time national champion and has three Olympians including a 2023 U.S. Championship winner and World team bronze medalist Asher Hong.
Personal
Caden is the son of Husker alumni, Lindsey and Grant Clinton and has a younger sister, Brielle. His father was a Husker gymnast in 1999 and after college, he was a two-time national finalist for American Ninja Warrior. His mother was a student in HuskerVision during her time at Nebraska. Caden plans to major in business.