Amari Celestine

Senior Amari Celestine Mizzou gymnastics head coach Shannon Welker during Celestine's floor routine at the NCAA Championship Regional Finals on Sunday, April 6, 2025.

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Amari Celestine celebrates after her routine on uneven bars during the team's senior day meet against Auburn on March 9, 2025.

Photo by: Kylie Daniel/ Mizzou Athletics

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Amari Celestine finishes her floor routine against LSU.

Amari Celestine celebrates her vault against LSU

Amari Celestine on beam at Black and Gold Meet

NCAA GYM: Mizzou vs. Iowa State, Lindenwood, Illinois

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Position:
AA
Height:
5-3
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Wildomar, Calif.
High School:
Vista Murrieta
Major:
Sport Management

Year	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	All-Around
2022	9.950 at NCAA Semifinals (4/12/22)	9.900 at Auburn (2/11/22)	-	9.975 at Mizzou Quad (3/12/22)	-
2023	9.950 at Arkansas (2/24/23)	9.925 at Arkansas (2/24/23)	-	9.950 vs. Auburn (2/19/23)	-
2024	9.950 at Illinois Quad (3/17/24)	-	9.925 at Georgia (1/20/24)	9.950 (2x), last at Mizzou to the Lou (2/16/24)	-
2025	9.975 at NCAA Second Rd. (04/04/25)	9.950 at Zou to the Lou (02/14/25)	9.875 (4x), last at NCAA Second Round (04/4/25)	9.975 vs. No. 13 Auburn (03/22/25)	39.650 vs. No. 13 Auburn (03/22/25)
Career Highs	9.975 at NCAA Second Rd. (04/04/25)	9.950 at Zou to the Lou (02/14/25)	9.925 at Georgia (1/20/24)	9.975, 2x (Last: vs. Auburn, 03/09/25)	39.650 vs. No. 13 Auburn (03/22/25)

Accolades

2022 NCAA vault silver medalist
2022 WCGA Vault, Floor First Team All-American
2025 WCGA All-Around Second Team All-American
2025 WCGA Regular Season All-Around, Floor Second Team All-American
2025 WCGA South Central Regional Gymnast of the Year
Four-time All-SEC Team: 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, one of two Mizzou gymnasts to earn four All-American honors in four years (Jocelyn Moore)
2025 NCAA Seattle Regional Outright Vault Champion
2022 All-SEC Freshman Team
2024 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
2025 Inside Gymnastics: Gymnast of the Week
2023 & 2024 National Pan-Hellenic Council President
Voted 2025 Debbie Walker Female Athlete of the Year by Mizzou student-athletes

9.900 Watch
Vault: 21
Bars: 9
Beam: 2
Floor: 33
Total: 65

SENIOR (2025)

Ranked No. 27 on vault (9.885), No. 24 on bars (9.910), No. 11 on floor (9.935) and No. 15 in the all-around (39.515) nationally in NQS
Posted a new career-best in all-around of 39.650 vs. No. 13 Auburn, tying the sixth-best score in program history
Scored 9.900 or higher on floor in 10 of 16 meets
First Tiger since at least 1999 to record five-straight scores of 9.900+ on bars
Helped team earn the highest floor score in program history (49.725 at Zou to the Lou)
Set new career best on bars at Zou to the Lou with a score of 9.950
Seven of her nine scores of 9.900 or better on uneven bars came in 2025

JUNIOR (2024)

All-SEC Team
Competed in the floor, beam, and vault lineups every meet
Totaled 13 total 9.9 routines (six floor, five vault, two beam), the third most on the team
Scored a 9.85 or higher on vault in every meet
Earned above a 9.8 in 11 of the 14 meets she competed in on beam
Recorded Missouri's highest total vault score of the season with a 138.35
Posted 9.875 in her first collegiate beam routine while matching the score on vault and floor at the Mizzou Invitational (Jan. 6)
Notched first career 9.9 on beam with a 9.925 in addition to a 9.900 on vault in victory over No. 20 Georgia (Jan. 20)
Logged first 9.9 of the year on floor with an even 9.900 to help the Tigers upset No. 3 LSU (Jan. 26)
Claimed vault title with a 9.875 at Texas Woman's (Feb. 3)
Scored season-best 9.950 on floor at Kentucky (Feb. 9)
Earned a share of floor title with a 9.950 in addition to a 9.900 on vault at Mizzou to the Lou (Feb. 16)
Scored a 9.925 on floor in addition to tying a team-best 9.875 on vault against No.12 Auburn (Feb.23)
Shared the vault title with a 9.875 against No. 12 Arkansas (March 3)
Notched a 9.900 on beam and 9.925 on floor at the Mizzou Quad (March 10)
Matched her career-best vault effort with a 9.950 to win the event title at the Illinois Quad (March 17)
Earned All-SEC honors at the SEC Championship meet with a 9.850 on vault, while adding a 9.875 and beam and 9.850 on floor (March 23)
Picked up a 9.900 on vault in addition to a 9.850 on beam and 9.875 on floor to help Missouri advance out of the NCAA Gainesville Regional Second Round (April 5)
Secured a 9.925 on vault and 9.900 on floor in the NCAA Gainesville Regional Final (April 7)
Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll

SOPHOMORE (2023)

All-SEC Team
Appeared on vault, bars and floor at 11 meets
Finished the campaign with 13 routines of 9.900 or better and two routines of 9.950 or higher
Notched five event titles on the season
Secured a pair of event titles at the Lindenwood Tri-Meet, topping the podium with a 9.850 on vault and a 9.925 on floor (Jan. 29)
Shared floor event title with Alisa Sheremeta with a 9.950 to help the Tigers upset No. 5 Auburn (Feb. 19)
Punched a career-best 9.925 on bars to win the event title and power Mizzou to a program record 49.450 in the event at No. 17 Arkansas (Feb. 24)
Claimed floor event title at Mizzou Quad, finishing out the regular season with a 9.925 (March 10)

FRESHMAN (2022)

NCAA vault silver medalist
NCAA Vault All-American First Team
NCAA Floor All-American Second Team
All-SEC Team
All-SEC Freshman Team
Represented the Tigers in vault, bars and floor at 12 meets
Finished the season ranked 23rd in the country on vault with an NQS of 9.900
Ended the year 23rd in the nation on floor with an NQS of 9.925
Racked up 15 routines of 9.900 or higher with four routines over 9.950
Scored six event titles in her freshman campaign
Opened her debut season with two titles on floor and vault at the Mizzou Tri-Meet, scoring a 9.875 on both rotations (Jan. 7)
Earned a share of two titles on vault (9.925) and floor (9.950) against No. 4 Florida to help the Tigers to the program’s best single-meet score of 197.650 (Feb. 4)
Secured a share of bars title with a 9.900 at No. 7 Auburn (Feb. 11)
Logged a pair of 9.900s in a tri-meet against No. 5 LSU and No. 16 Arkansas, including a season-best on bars, to help the Tigers secure an upset (Feb. 20)
Clinched floor title with a career-best 9.975 on floor at Mizzou Quad, the best individual performance on the rotation by a Tiger that season (March 12)
Tied for fifth place on floor at the SEC Championships (March 19)
Recorded a 9.925 on floor at the NCAA Raleigh Regional Final to help Mizzou punch its ticket to the NCAA Championships for the first time in program history (April 2)
Took home a silver medal and NCAA First Team All-American honors on vault at the NCAA Championships (April 14)
Added an NCAA Second Team All-American placement on floor at the NCAA Championships, finishing seventh with a 9.925 (April 14)

PREP

Five-star recruit by College Gym News
2019 J.O. Vault National Champion
Placed fifth in the all-around at the 2021 Level 10 Senior D Nationals
Also tied for third on beam at 2019 J.O. Nationals
2020 Nastia Liukin Cup Senior qualfier
2018 Nastia Liukin Cup Junior qualifier
Five-time California State Champion
Trained at SCEGA Gymnastics under coach Kathy Strate
Owns top Level 10 scores of 10.0 on vault, 9.9 on floor, 9.825 on bars, 9.75 on beam and 39.025 in the all-around