Join the Missouri Gymnastics Booster Club, a group whose mission is to support the Tiger Gymnastics program. The Booster Club provides financial support, offers members opportunities to interact with coaches and gymnasts, and works to strengthen alumni connections.
Welcome to the 47th year of Tiger gymnastics at the University of Missouri! Last year was record-setting! Head coach Shannon Welker and coaches Whitney Snowden, Lacey Rubin and Jackie Terpak led the 2025 Tigers to the Final Four and a No. 3 ranking at the end of the season, the highest finish in program history. His leadership earned Coach Welker the SEC Coach of the Year, WCGA South Central Region Coach of the Year, and WCGA National Head Coach of the Year awards. Additionally, the WCGA announced that coaches Snowden, Rubin and Terpak were recognized with National Coaching Staff of the Year honors.
Historic accomplishments in 2025 include a team score of 198.1 at home vs. Auburn, the highest score in program history, advancing to the night session of SEC Championships for the first time, Helen Hu winning the national championship on beam and the team advancing to its first NCAA Championship Final.
On top of breaking program history, gymnastics' third-place finish is the best by any Mizzou women’s program ever and marked the highest team finish by any MU team (men or women) since 2007 when the wrestling team placed third.
It was an exciting season that saw the team earn a 5-3 SEC record, secure an undefeated record at home for the first time in program history and three different gymnasts earn perfect 10s: Titarsolej on bars, Griffin on floor, and Hu on beam three times!
In the postseason, several Tigers earned event titles:
-Mara Titarsolej (SEC bars co-champion)
-Helen Hu (SEC beam champion, Seattle Regional beam champion and national champion, the program's first individual national champion)
-Amari Celestine (Seattle Regional vault champion)
-Hannah Horton (Seattle Regional bars co-champion).
In addition, four Tigers earned All-SEC honors:
-Mara Titarsolej
-Helen Hu
-Amari Celestine
-Jocelyn Moore
A record six Mizzou gymnasts were named WCGA Regular Season All-Americans:
First team:
-Helen Hu
-Mara Titarsolej
Second team:
-Amari Celestine
-Jocelyn Moore
-Kennedy Griffin
A record nine Tigers were named WCGA All-Americans for their postseason results:
First team:
-Helen Hu
-Mara Titarsolej
-Elise Tisler
Second team:
-Amari Celestine
-Hannah Horton
-Olivia Kelly
-Addison Lawrence
-Jocelyn Moore
Hu was also named SEC Specialist of the Year and Celestine the WCGA South Central Region Co-Gymnast of the Year.
The 2025 Tigers excelled in academics as well, with 17 gymnasts were named WCGA Scholastic All-Americans. The 2025 Academic All-District Team was selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC), which recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom.
Mizzou Gymnastics Boosters is an organization for fans of Tiger gymnastics providing financial support to the program, offering members opportunities to interact with coaches and gymnasts, and working to strengthen the connection with alumni.
We would like to invite you to join Boosters at a level comfortable and appropriate for you. Membership could include a team picture and invitations to events such as the November 22 Booster Intrasquad, Alumni Weekend events, and the end of the year awards ceremony.
Now is the perfect time to join Boosters and continue to support our outstanding group of student athletes. Booster membership and giving is through the TSF (Tiger Scholarship Fund), a simple process that helps keep the funds and information active. You will find a form entailing methods to join. TSF will provide the donor a tax letter and will link your athletics giving to any campus giving.
Thank you for your support during this record-setting past year. Your continued support is appreciated. We hope to hear from you soon and look forward to seeing you at events and meets this year. Please contact us at the email addresses below if you have questions. GO TIGERS!!
Jan Summers, Booster President (Jan.summers@centurylink.net) and Shannon Welker, Head Coach (welkers@missouri.edu)
WAYS TO JOIN THE MISSOURI GYMNASTICS BOOSTER CLUB
Online* - TSF Website
- Click the "LOGIN/GIVE" link in the upper right hand corner (you will need to login or create an account)
- Scroll down to the "Gymnastics" box
- Select "Make a Gift"
- Enter your donation amount and "Proceed to Checkout"
Mail - 2025-26
- Return the above form with a check made payable to University of Missouri Gymnastics
*This is a simple process that helps keep the funds and information active and accurate within all of the systems. It also will provide the donor a tax letter and will link athletics giving to any of campus giving
