Caden Mickelson Season 2025-26

Honors & Awards

• Nebraska Freshman 54-Hole Record (207, -9, Resort Island Invitational, 2025)
• One Career Top-25 Finish (1, 2025-26)
• Missouri Class 5 State Champion (2023)
• Missouri Class 5 State Runner-Up (2024, 2025)
• Four-Time Missouri Class 5 All-State
• Four-Time All-District
• Four-Time All-Greater Kansas City Suburban Conference
• Kenneth Smith Award (Kansas City Player of the Year, 2025)
• No. 1 Junior Missouri (Junior Golf Scoreboard, 2025)
• U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier (2024)

Freshman (2025-26)
The No. 1 recruit in the state of Missouri in 2025, Caden Mickelson made an instant impact on the Husker lineup as Nebraska's top finisher at the season-opening Island Resort Invitational (Aug. 31-Sept. 1) in Bark River, Mich. Mickelson, who was named the top high school golfer in the Kansas City metro area in 2025, opened his collegiate career with a Nebraska freshman-record 207 (-9) over three rounds on a 7,375-yard layout at the Sage Run Golf Club. Mickelson's performance included back-to-back rounds of 67 (-5) to close the tournament, after starting with a 73 (+1) in the first round. Mickelson tied for 12th in an 84-player field to lead Nebraska to a sixth-place finish among 12 teams.

Mickelson opened Nebraska's second tournament strong with an even-par 71, before adding a second-round 74 at the Gopher Invitational (Sept. 7). He fought his way to a final-round 77, but a technical error eliminated his round and dropped him to 83rd in an 84-golfer field.

He owns a team-best 70.40 stroke average over five countable rounds in 2025-26.

Before Nebraska
Mickelson capped an impressive prep career by being named the Kenneth Smith Award winner as the top male high school golfer in the Kansas City metro area in 2024-25. The 2025 Missouri state high school runner-up after firing rounds of 66 and 69, Mickelson was the district tournament champion. He played in nine spring tournaments with five titles and three runner-up finishes. He won the Missouri Class 5A state championship with a two-round total of 142 (-2) as a sophomore at Liberty North High School in the spring of 2023. He added a runner-up finish at the Missouri state championship as a junior in 2024 with back-to-back rounds of 69, before claiming a third consecutive top-two finish as a senior with a 135 over 36 holes.

Mickelson was the first golfer in Liberty North history to earn all-state, all-district and all-conference honors in each of his four seasons of high school golf.

Mickelson went on to finish sixth in a field of 304 golfers at the 2024 National High School Championships in Frisco, Texas. He fired rounds of 67, 72 and 69 at PGA Frisco.

The top-ranked junior in Missouri in the class of 2025, according to Junior Golf Scoreboard, Mickelson qualified for the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur at Oakland Hills Country Club in Michigan.

A four-year honor roll member, Mickelson graduated magna cum laude and served on the Liberty North Student Council all four years.

Personal
The son of Chris and Kristy Mickelson, Caden is majoring in finance at Nebraska.

Career Statistics

Year	Rounds	Strokes	Average
2025-26	5	352	70.40
Totals	5	352	70.40

Nebraska Career Bests
Best Tournament Finish - T12th (Island Resort, 2025)
Low 54-hole score - 207 (-9) (Island Resort, 2025)
Low Round - 67 (-5) (Island Resort, 2nd & 3rd, 2025)
Career Rounds Under Par - 2