Evan McDermott Season 2026-27

Honors & Awards

• Two Career Top-10 Finishes (1, 2025-26)
• Eight Career Top-25 Finishes (2, 2025-26)
• Tie for 50th, Big Ten Championship (2025)
• Big Ten Championship Competitor (2026)
• Big Ten Golfer to Watch (2024-25, 2025-26, 2026-27)
• GCAA Scholar All-American (2025, 2026)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2026)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2024, 2025, 2026)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025; Spring 2023, 2025, 2026)
• Dick Spangler Golf Scholarship (2024-25)
• Nebraska Sam Foltz 27 Hero Leadership Award (2026)
• Nebraska Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (2024-25, 2026-27)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2024, 2025, 2026)
• U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier (2022)
• Michigan High School Division 2 Runner-Up (2022)
  
  Fifth Year/Graduate Student (2026-27)
  Evan McDermott enters his fifth season as a Husker hoping to lead Nebraska on and off the course. McDermott was one of three Huskers among the Big Ten Golfers to Watch entering 2026-27, joining Jackson Benge and Caden Mickelson. It marked McDermott's third straight year on that list.
  
  A two-time GCAA Scholar All-American, McDermott is also one of three men's golfers on the Nebraska Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in 2026-27, joining Benge and James Ackerman.
  
  McDermott earned a spot in the Nebraska lineup heading to the season-opening New York Harbor Cup (Aug. 31-Sept. 1). However, he did not compete after suffering an injury during the practice round at the Bayonne Golf Club ahead of the tournament.

McDermott concluded the fall with a 76.33 stroke average over 6 rounds.

Redshirt Junior (2025-26)
McDermott was a regular in the Nebraska lineup for the second straight season, posting a career-best 73.15 stroke average over 33 rounds. He closed his season with a 73 (+3) in the first round of the Big Ten Championship at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in North Plains, Ore. His tournament was cut short by a nagging wrist injury, but he helped the Huskers to an eighth-place team finish in a strong 18-team field that included 16 top-100 teams.

He posted the top finish of his career by tying for fifth with a career-best 211 (-5) as an individual at the Bluejay Invitational (Sept. 15-16). He played three strong rounds with scores of 70, 70 and 71 on the par-72, 7,079-yard layout at Shadow Ridge Country Club.

He followed with a tie for 15th at 213 (E) to help Nebraska capture the Git-R-Done Invitational title (Sept. 22-23). He opened with a 69 (-2) on the par-71, 7,077-yard layout of Firethorn Golf Club, before closing with back-to-back rounds of 72 (+1) to help the Huskers claim their first tournament title since 2012. Nebraska also posted a school-record 823 (-29) score.

McDermott matched his career best with a 54-hole total of 211 (-5) to tie for 33rd at The Johnnie-O at Sea Island (March 9-10). His effort included a career-best-tying 67 (-5) in the final round, after he shot a second-round 69 (-3) on the par-72, 7,060-yard layout of the Plantation Course at the Sea Island Resort in St. Simons Island, Ga.

He followed with a three-round score of 237 (+21) at the All-American Intercollegiate in Humble, Texas (March 16-17). After struggling with extreme winds in the opening round, McDermott rebounded with back-to-back solid rounds of 76 (+4) on the 7,422-yard layout at the Golf Club of Houston to help the Huskers tie for sixth in the 16-team field.

McDermott was Nebraska’s No. 3 finisher with an even-par 216 at the Bell Bank “Pay It Forward” Collegiate in Litchfield Park, Ariz. (March 23-24). He just missed a top-25 finish, tying for 26th with rounds of 71 (-1), 69 (-3) and 76 on the 7,322-yard layout at the Wigwam Resort to help Nebraska to a third-place finish in a 17-team field.

He fired an opening-round 69 (-1) at the Tiger Intercollegiate, before settling for a 54-hole score of 222 (+12) on the par-70, 7,158-yard layout of The Club at Old Hawthorne in Columbia, Mo. (April 6-7). He tied for 67th while helping the Huskers to a seventh-place team finish in a 19-team field.

McDermott contributed a 218 (+8) to tie for 58th at the Tar Heel Intercollegiate (April 11-12). He posted rounds of even-par 70, 73 and 75 on the par-70, 7,020-yard layout of North Carolina’s Finley Golf Club in Chapel Hill.

He tied for 37th at 223 (+7) at the Purdue Fall Invitational (Oct. 13-14). McDermott posted consistent rounds of 75, 75 and 73 on a 7,465-yard layout at the Kampen-Cosler Golf Course in West Lafayette, Ind., to help the Huskers to a fifth-place team finish in a 15-team field.

McDermott matched Jackson Benge as Nebraska’s No. 2 finisher at the Steelwood Collegiate (Oct. 25-26) to close the fall campaign. McDermott posted rounds of even-par 72 and 74 (+2) to tie for 33rd at 146 (+2) in the rain-shortened event on a 7,096-yard layout at the Steelwood Golf Club in Loxley, Ala.

He put up solid scores in his home state to open his fourth season as a Husker by closing with a 213 (-3) at the Island Resort Invitational in Bark River, Mich. (Aug. 31-Sept. 1). McDermott began the season with a 69 (-3) on the 7,375-yard layout at Sage Run Golf Club, before adding a final-round 70 (-2) to tie for 35th in an 84-player field. He was the No. 4 finisher in Nebraska’s five-player lineup, helping the Huskers to a sixth-place finish among 12 teams at the tournament.

McDermott battled his way to a three-round total of 231 (+18) to finish 76th at the Gopher Invitational (Sept. 7-8). He managed rounds of 76, 80 and 75 on a par-71, 7,464-yard layout at Windsong Farm Golf Club in Indepenced, Minn.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from Nebraska as a mechanical engineering major in May of 2026.

Redshirt Sophomore (2024-25)
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 earned his bachelor’s degree from Nebraska as a mechanical engineering major in May 2026. A two-time GCAA Scholar All-American (2026, 2026), he is a three-time Academic All-Big Ten choice. McDermott was also a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar in 2026. He is a seven-time selection to the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll. He earned a prestigious Sam Foltz 27 Hero Leadership Award in 2026. McDermott is also a three-time member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2024, 2025, 2026). He served on the Nebraska Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in 2024-25 and 2026-27. McDermott brought strong ties with him to Nebraska. His uncle, Greg, was the head men’s basketball coach at Creighton until 2026, while Evan’s cousin, Doug, was a three-time All-American at Creighton and is currently in the NBA with the Sacramento Kings.

Career Statistics

Career Bests
*Best Tournament Finish -  T5th (Bluejay, 9/16/25)
Low 54-hole score - 211 (-5), Bluejay, 9/16/25; 211 (-5), Johnnie-O, 3/10/26; 
211 (-2), Git-R-Done, 9/24/24
Low Round - 67 (-5), White Sands, 10/28/22; 67 (-5), Johnnie-O, 3/10/26;
67 (-4), Git-R-Done, 9/23/24
Low First Round - 67, White Sands, 10/28/22
Low Second Round - 67, Git-R-Done, 9/23/24
Low Third Round - 67, Johnnie-O, 3/10/26
Career Rounds Under Par - 19