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Honors & Awards
- NCAA Team Finals Competitor (2025: High Bar; 2024: High Bar)
- NCAA Team Qualifiers Competitor (2025: High Bar; 2024: High Bar)
- Big Ten Freshman of the Week (3/11/24)
- Individual Titles (High Bar: 2/15/25, 3/10/24, 2/15/24)
- Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Spring 2024)
- Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2024, 2025)
Career & Season Highs
| FX | PH | SR | V | PB | HB | AA | |
| Career Highs | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 14.10 | -- |
| 2025* | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 14.10 | -- |
| Career Best (2021-2024)** | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 13.85 | -- |
| 2024 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 13.85 | -- |
*Indicates new NCAA Gymnastics scoring code
**Indicates previous NCAA Gymnastics scoring code
2025 (Sophomore)
Max Odden capped his sophomore season with an All-American honor on high bar. He posted a 13.66 on the apparatus for eighth place. Odden notched a career-high of 14.10 for a first-place finish on high bar against the Greenville Panthers. He also claimed a 14.10 at the Michigan meet.
Outside of the gym, Odden was a member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.
2024 (Freshman)
Odden was a mainstay in the Husker lineup as he competed on high bar. Highlighting the season was his Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor after his impressive performance in NU’s victory over Illinois. Odden helped the Huskers reach their season-best team score and top the Fighting Illini, 416.550-406.050, as the freshman earned a first-place finish on high bar (13.85), setting a new personal-best record and notched his first career title and taking home his first career accolades. He also saw action at the NCAA Qualifiers.
Outside of the gym, Odden was named to the Tom Osborne Citizenship team.
Before Nebraska
Odden competed for North Valley Gymnastics under Head Coach Travis Rainer. The Scottsdale, Ariz. native competed in the 2022 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, where he notched a fifth-place finish on still rings. At the 2022 Elite Team Cup, Odden earned first team honors. He also qualified for the 2022 Winter Cup in Frisco, Texas.
Personal
Max is the son of Kevin and Courtneay Odden and has two siblings, Luke and Jo. He is majoring in business administration.