The 2026 season wrap up content continues for Mizzou Gymnastics, and today’s topic is all about numbers. None of that feelings stuff that you all have come to know me for; this is just about the data and some facts and figures.
In case you missed my recap of last week’s NCAA Regional Finals, you can read it here.
Let’s get started!
97
The number of 9.90 scores earned this season (2027 returners are in bold)
- VAULT: Horton (5) | Echols (3) | Jackson (2) | Tisler (1)
- BARS: Horton, Echols (7) | Terry (5) | Lawrence (2) | Macpherson, Green, Kelly (1)
- BEAM: Lawrence, Macpherson (6) | Kelly (4) | Jackson (3) | Wier (2)
- FLOOR: Horton (12) | Griffin (11) | Tanskanen (8) | Tisler (4) | Acevedo (3) | Jackson (2) | Terry (1)
83
The number of season-high scores (tied or beat scores from first performance of the season)
- VAULT: Echols, Griffin (4) | Tanskanen (3) | Tisler (2) | Acevedo, Essenpries, Horton, Jackson (1)
- BARS: Kelly (5) | Terry (4) | Echols (3) | Green, Horton (2) | Lawrence, Macpherson, Tanskanen (1)
- BEAM: Kelly, Lawrence (5) | Jackson (3) | Macpherson (2) | Davis, Griffin, Tanskanen, Westerlind, Wier (1)
- FLOOR: Griffin (8) |Horton (5) | Jackson, Tanskanen (4) | Echols (3) | Acevedo (2) | Terry, Tisler (1)
80
The number
of consecutive Mizzou floor rotations that have been scored 49.00 or higher all-time, per Drew Porche (@TalentStats) on twitter/x. This is the second longest active streak in the country, behind just Oklahoma, who currently has 85 and is still competing.
47
The total number of event titles won by Missouri Tigers gymnasts this season, which includes a whopping 19 from Hannah Horton, 7 from Railey Jackson and 4 from Addi Lawrence and Kimarra Echols.
44
The number of 9.90-plus scores earned by Missouri freshmen and sophomores in the 2026 season. As Shannon said post-Regionals, the future is bright and this was a young team.
21
The number of career-high scores that were set or tied during the 2026 season. (For freshmen, if they beat their highest score as the season went on, I considered that a new career high)
- VAULT: Acevedo | Echols | Horton (tied) | Jackson | Tanskanen
- BARS: Echols | Horton (tied) | Lawrence (tied) | Tanskanen | Terry
- BEAM: Jackson | Kelly (tied) | Macpherson (tied) | Tanskanen | Wier (tied)
- FLOOR: Acevedo | Echols | Horton (tied) | Jackson (tied) | Tanskanen | Terry
13
When freshman Kimarra Echols was named to the 2026 SEC All-Freshman Team, she became the 13th in program history to earn this honor, per MU Tigers.
10
The number of athletes earning All-SEC honors, the most in the conference: VAULT— Hannah Horton, Kimarra Echols | BARS— Kimarra Echols, Maiya Terry, Olivia Kelly, Makayla Green | BEAM— Addi Lawrence, Olivia Kelly | FLOOR— Elise Tisler, Ayla Acevedo, Kennedy Griffin, Kaia Tanskanen, Hannah Horton
7
Preseason ranking per the 2026 WCGA preseason poll, the highest preseason ranking in program history for the Tigers, which had a previous high of no. 9 in 2023 and 2025.
6
The number of consecutive NCAA Regional Final appearances for the Tigers
The national ranking of the Tigers’ incoming recruiting class, which is made up of six student-athletes
The number of home meets the Tigers hosted in 2026, five of which were at their new home, Mizzou Arena. Since only five home meets could count in the new National Qualifying Score metrics, the Tigers’ highest home score, a 197.550, essentially disappeared and changed the team’s potential regionals seeding.
3
The number of consecutive SEC Specialist of the Year honors when Hannah Horton earned it this season. It was the third such Mizzou honor in four years (Helen Hu 2025, Jocelyn Moore 2024, Sienna Schreiber 2022) and fifth in seven years.
2
The number of historic wins earned this season, as the Tigers earned their highest ranked win in program history when they defeated no. 2 Florida at home on February 6, and when the Tigers claimed their first ever win on the road at Kentucky on February 13.
The number of WCGA Regular Season All-American honors— Addison Lawrence (First Team, Beam) | Kimarra Echols (Second Team, Bars). Per Planet of Gymnastics, Mizzou is one of only six teams in the country to have at least two athletes earn regular season All-American honors each of the last five seasons. Kimarra is the second Tiger in program history to earn WCGA Regular Season All-American honors.
Consecutive WCGA South Central Regional Coach of the Year honors for Shannon Welker. Where’s the statue?
1
SEC Specialist of the Week honors, when Addison Lawrence was awarded weekly honors on February 10
2026 Regional Champion: Hannah Horton (co-winner, floor)
SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year: Lauren Macpherson
Honor for Jackie Terpak, who was named WCGA Regional Assistant Coach of the Year, the first in program history
Countless
The number of underscored routines this season (I can’t count that high)
The number of amazing memories created while getting to cover this program
Year-by-Year Data: 2019 to Present
While the high scores weren’t as high this year for the Tigers — damn you, judges!!! — the 2026 scores could be found in the top portion of the last eight years, including the regular season NQS (3rd), first meet score (2nd), average score (2nd) and SEC Championships score (3rd). Additionally, with the Tigers in a new venue this year, I pulled attendance data to start tracking as well, and the team had their third highest attended meet when they took on LSU on January 30 (the 2024 meet opponent was also LSU during the Livvy Dunne era), and their second highest average score. The Tigers also pulled off their third winning conference record in four years, which is incredible considering the level of competition in the SEC.
This chart shows the highest scores the team received during the regular season on each apparatus, as well as their final ranking, which was based on meets up through conference championships (using Road to Nationals calculations).
And while it’s not conveyed in the above chart, I also looked at average scores just to see how the 2026 Tigers would stack up. Turns out, pretty well. Despite having just the fifth highest vault high score, they had the second highest average. On bars, they had both the third highest and third average score in the past eight years. On beam, the team’s high score this year matched the lowest in the past eight years, but their average was the fourth highest, showcasing a lot of consistency. And finally, on floor, despite their high score being just the fifth highest (which is crazy considering the caliber of routines), their average this year was the third highest.
Important to note: if not for the 49.00 on beam [insert long dramatic sigh] at SECs, the Tigers would have finished the season with all apparatuses in the top 10 for the first time in program history.
