Laura Kappler

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Evansville, Ind.
	Height: 5-1

Club Team:
Revolution Gymnastics

05/05/2015

Mizzou Gymnastics Closes the Season with Year-end Banquet

The senior class bids farewell after successful careers

04/23/2015

Eight Mizzou Gymnasts Named to Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll

Eight Tigers were recognized for the work in the classroom

04/04/2015

Mizzou Scores a 196.100 to Place Fourth at NCAA Norman Regional

Mizzou's score of 196.100 stands as the second highest NCAA Regional score in program history

04/03/2015

Gymnastics Set for NCAA Norman Regional Saturday

Saturday marks Mizzou's first return to Regionals since 2012

03/26/2015

Katelyn Trevino Named SEC Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Trevino was named the Scholar-Athlete of the Year, voted on by the league's head coaches

10/08/2012

The Tigers visited the high ropes course at Venture Out

Mizzou Gymnastics paid a visit to Venture Out last month to take part in a few teambuilding activities. One of the team's favorites was the high ropes course, also known as the Alpine Tower!

10/17/2011

Mizzou Gymnastics Bio Video

03/14/2014

Missouri Gymnastics vs Florida - March 14, 2014 - Senior Night

Missouri vs Florida

02/07/2014

Beauty and The Beast Gymnastics/Wrestling - February 7, 2014

Beauty and The Beast

01/24/2014

Missouri Gymnastic vs Kentucky - January 24, 2014

Missouri vs Kentucky

01/17/2014

Missouri Gymnastis vs Arkansas - January 17, 2014

Missouri vs Arkansas

03/08/2013

Missouri Gymnastics vs Illinois - March 8, 2013

Missouri vs Illinois

Career Highs:
* Vault: 9.850 (at LSU, 2014)
* Bars: 9.800 (at LSU, 2014)
* Beam: 9.825 (Twice, last at LSU, 2014)
* Floor: 9.800 (vs. George Washington, 2014)
* All-Around: 39.125 (at North Carolina State, 2014)

Junior:
* Established nine new career-highs in 2014.
* Led Mizzou on individual events nine times, including twice on vault, once on bars, twice on beam, twice on floor, and twice in the all-around.
* Strongest meet of the year came on Feb. 1 at North Carolina State, where she recorded a career-high all-around score of 39.125 (9.800 vault, 9.775 bars, 9.800 beam, and 9.750 floor).
* Also had a standout road trip to LSU on Feb. 28, as she set three new career-highs in vault, bars and beam.

Sophomore:
* Stepped up for Missouri through a season riddled with injuries to become the Tigers' only all-around competitor.
* Made her first-career appearance on the uneven bars at No. 3 Florida.
* Recorded her first-career all-around score against LSU.
* Consistently improved on her events throughout the season and improved her career high marks on three events at the SEC Championships.
* Was recognized as a member of the 2013 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll.

Freshman:
* Was a staple in the Tiger beam lineup in her freshman season, making her first appearance in an exhibition routine at Southern Utah.
* Earned a career-high 9.800 score against Oklahoma.
* Had a clutch performance on the balance beam for Mizzou against Nebraska, helping the Tigers top the Huskers in the regular season for the first time since 1995.

Prep:
* Trained at Revolution Gymnastics under the direction of Carly Cresswell-Watson and Thomas Watson.
* Placed 3rd at Level 9 Nationals in 2009.

Personal:
* Comes to Mizzou from Evansville, Ind.
* Daughter of Danny and Andrea Kappler.
* Born on Feb. 19, 1993.
* Chose Mizzou over Wisconsin, Maryland and Minnesota.
* Plans to study Social Work while at the University of Missouri.

Meet Laura Kappler