Will Harding

FRESHMAN PRAIRIE VILLAGE, KANSAS (SHAWNEE MISSION EAST)

CAREER HONORS

• Midwest PGA Student-Athlete of the Year (2019) • Kansas City Junior Amateur Champion (2019) • Kansas Class 6A First-Team All-State (2019) • U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier (2019)

BEFORE NEBRASKA

Will Harding was a Kansas Class 6A firstteam all-stater as a junior in 2019, after leading Shawnee Mission East to its second consecutive state championship.

Harding was the top finisher for the Lancers in both of their state title runs, taking fifth individually as a sophomore in 2018, before finishing seventh as a junior.

He served as Shawnee Mission East’s team captain as a junior in 2019. Harding captured two individual tournament titles and two runnerup finishes and never finished lower than eighth.

A three-time varsity golf letterwinner, Harding did not compete in high school golf as a senior because of the cancellation to the season caused by the worldwide outbreak of the coronavirus.

In the summer of 2020, Harding advanced to the semifinals of the Kansas Amateur Match Play Championship at Colbert Hills in Manhattan, July 20-26. He won four straight matches to advance to the semifinals, including wins over a pair of Kansas Jayhawk golfers, Davis Cooper and Zach Sokolosky.

Harding was the Kansas City Junior Amateur Champion and the runner-up in the U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier in 2019. He was also named the recipient of the 2019 Midwest PGA StudentAthlete of the Year award in October of 2019.

Harding holds the junior course record at the Kansas City Country Club where he shot a 64 in 2017.

PERSONAL

The son of Darren and Allison Harding, Will was born April 21, 2001 in Prairie Village, Kan. Will has an older sister, Anna, and an older brother, Drew. Will is a business administration major at Nebraska.

“Nebraska invests so much in the success of their athletes from both an academic and athletic standpoint. I am excited to have Coach Hankins as my coach and to be part of a team that is really focused on building a championship program. I can’t wait to be surrounded by teammates and a coach that are eager to work hard, improve as golfers, and help make Nebraska one of the top teams in the country.”