2025 Gymnastics Roster
Amari Celestine
- 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
Men's Basketball Mini Movie at Kentucky (2026)
Friday, January 09
The Gold Standard | Mizzou Gymnastics | Episode 1: It's Just What We Do
Friday, January 09
Inside Mizzou Athletics - Crossed-over Season Chat with Chris Gervino
Wednesday, January 07
Inside Mizzou Athletics - Gator Bowl Preview with Greg McGarity
Wednesday, January 07
