Honors & Awards
- Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2022; Spring 2023)
- Tom Osborne Citizenship Team
- U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier (2022)
- Michigan High School Division 2 Runner-Up (2022)
Redshirt Freshman (2023-24)
Evan McDermott took a redshirt season in his second year as a Husker in 2023-24.
Off the course, McDermott earned a spot on the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.
Freshman (2022-23)
McDermott produced a solid freshman season by tying for third among the Huskers with 20 rounds played while posting a 75.45 stroke average.
He made immediate contributions in the fall, competing in the Husker lineup at the Purdue and White Sands invitationals after playing as an individual outside the Husker lineup at the season-opening Badger Invitational.
McDermott capped the fall with a career-best 216 (67-74-75) that included a career-best 67 (-5) at the White Sands Invitational in Paradise Island, Bahamas (Oct. 28-30). He tied for 32nd overall as NU’s No. 3 finisher at the event. His effort in the Bahamas followed a tie for 41st at Purdue with a 228 (74-74-80), Oct. 10-11.
McDermott opened the season as Nebraska’s top finisher by tying for sixth with a 148 (72-76) while playing 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) at The Prestige (Feb. 20-22). He was the No. 2 finisher in Nebraska’s lineup in California, before earning his final lineup appearance of the year at the Desert Mountain Collegiate in Scottsdale (March 4-5). He was NU’s No. 4 finisher in Arizona with a 234 (77-75-82).
McDermott 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 before settling for a final-round 80.
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.
The son of Marty and Rachel McDermott, Evan was born Nov. 30, 2003. A mechanical engineering major at Nebraska, he is a two-time member of the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll. He also earned a spot on the 2024 Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.
Year-by-Year
Year | Rounds | Strokes | Average |
2022-23 | 20 | 1,509 | 75.45 |
Career Totals | 20 | 1,509 | 75.45 |
Career Bests
Low Round - 67 (White Sands Invitational, 10/28/22)
Low 54-hole score - 216 (White Sands Invitational, 10/30/22)
*Best Tournament Finish - T-6th (Badger Invitational, 9/13/22)