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2024 Gymnastics Roster

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Sydney Schaffer

  • Position AA
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Andover, Kan.
  • High School Andover Central
  • Major Psychology

Biography

Year
Vault
Bars
Beam
Floor
All-Around
2021 9.825 at NCAA Regional Second Round (4/2/21) - 9.950 at NCAA Regional Second Round (4/2/21) 9.850 at NCAA Regional Final (4/3/21) -
2022 9.775 (3x), last at NCAA Championships (4/14/22) - 9.925 (2x), last at Mizzou Quad (3/12/22) 9.850 (4x), last at NCAA Regional Final (4/2/22) -
2023 9.725 vs. Kentucky (2/3/23) - 9.875 at NCAA Regional Second Round (3/30/23) 9.850 at Mizzou Quad (3/10/23) -
2024 - - 9.925 at SEC Championship (3/23/24) - -
Career Highs
9.825 at NCAA Regional Second Round (4/2/21) - 9.950 at NCAA Regional Second Round (4/2/21) 9.850 (6x), last at Mizzou Quad (3/10/23) -
 
Accolades
  • 2021 NCAA Championships individual competitor - beam
  • 2024 All-SEC Team

9.900 Watch
Beam: 6
Total: 6

SENIOR (2024)
  • All-SEC Team
  • Earned a spot in MU’s beam lineup in all 14 meets
  • Hit a pair of 9.9 routines down the stretch
  • Scored a 9.8 or higher on nine of her routines
  • Logged 9.800 in season-opening beam routine at Mizzou Invitaitonal (Jan. 6)
  • Impressed with a 9.875 on beam in win at No. 20 Georgia (Jan. 20)
  • Posted a 9.850 on beam at Texas Woman's (Feb. 3)
  • Scored a 9.825 on beam against No. 12 Arkansas (March 3)
  • Produced her first 9.9 in two years on beam, scoring a 9.900 at the Illinois Quad (March 17)
  • Earned her first All-SEC honor with a 9.925 on beam for the second-best score of the afternoon session of the SEC Championship (March 23)
JUNIOR (2023)
  • Competed at nine meets, representing the Tigers on beam six times, vault four times and floor once
  • Posted a season-best 9.725 on vault against No. 10 Kentucky (Feb. 3)
  • Scored a 9.850 in her lone appearance in the floor lineup at the Mizzou Quad (March 10)
  • Collected a season-high 9.875 on beam at the NCAA Los Angeles Regional Second Round (March 30)
SOPHOMORE (2022)
  • Competed in 12 meets which included a routine in every uneven bars event, eight appearances on vault and seven on floor. 
  • Logged a season-high 9.925 on beam to lead Mizzou to a season-best team score of 197.650 against No. 4 Florida
  • Equaled season-best 9.925 routine on beam in final regular-season meet at Mizzou Quad (March 12)
  • Scored a 9.850 on floor and 9.800 on beam to help Mizzou conquer No. 5 LSU and No. 16 in a tri-meet (Feb. 20)
  • Posted a 9.850 on floor to help the Tigers advance in the NCAA Raleigh Regional Second Round (March 31)
  • Helped Mizzou advance to the NCAA Championships with a 9.850 on both beam and floor at the NCAA Raleigh Regional (April 2)
FRESHMAN (2021)
  • NCAA Championships individual competitor, beam
  • Competed 12 times on beam as a freshman in addition to competing four times each on vault and floor
  • Secured a pair of scores over 9.900 in her debut campaign
  • Had 10 scores of 9.800 or higher on the year, including seven on beam
  • Scored her first collegiate 9.900 on beam at No. 5 LSU (March 5)
  • Tallied a career-high 9.950 on beam in the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional Second Round to earn her NCAA Championships berth (April 2)
  • Also notched a personal-best 9.825 on vault in the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional Second Round (April 2)
  • Posted a career bests of 9.85 on floor and 9.825 on vault at the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional Final (April 3)
PREP
  • 2018 and 2019 Kansas State all-around champion
  • Kansas State floor (2019) and beam (2018) champion
  • Owns career-best Level 10 scores of 9.825 on vault, 9.6 on floor, 9.575 on beam and 9.45 on bars

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    AA
    5'4"
  • 2022Sophomore

    AA
    5'4"
  • 2023Junior

    AA
    5'4"
  • 2024Senior

    AA
    5'4"