2023 Gymnastics Roster
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Helen Hu
- Position:
- AA
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- High School:
- Latin School of Chicago
Bio
| Year |
Vault
|
Bars
|
Beam
|
Floor
|
All-Around
|
| 2020 | 9.875 at No. 19 Nebraska (03/07/20) |
9.950 during Mardi Gras Invitational (02/14/20) |
9.975 (2x), most recently vs. No. 6 LSU (02/21/20) | 9.875 (2x), most recently during Mardi Gras Invitational (02/14/20) | 39.525 at No. 19 Nebraska (03/07/20) |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | - | 9.900 during NCAA Regional Final (04/02/22) | 9.950 (3x), most recently during NCAA Regional Second Round (03/31/22) | - | - |
| 2023 | - | 9.950 during SEC Championship (03/19/23) | 9.975 during home quad meet (03/12/23) | - | - |
| 2025 | - | - |
10.000, 3x (Last: NCAA Second Rd., 04/04/25) |
- | - |
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Career Highs
|
9.875 at No. 19 Nebraska (03/07/20) | 9.950, 2x (Last at SEC Championship, 03/19/23) |
10.000, 3x (Last: NCAA Second Rd., 04/04/25) |
9.875, 2x (Last at Mardi Gras Inv., 02/14/20) |
39.525 at No. 19 Nebraska (03/07/20) |
Accolades
- 2025 NCAA Gymnastics Balance Beam National Champion
- 2022, 2025 WCGA Balance Beam First Team All-American
- 2020, 2025 WCGA Regular Season Balance Beam First Team All-American
- 2023 WCGA Regular Season Balance Beam Second Team All-American
- 2020 WCGA Regular Season Balance Uneven Bars Second Team All-American
- 2020, 2025 SEC Event Specialist of the Year
- 2025 NCAA Seattle Regional Beam Champion
- 2025 SEC Beam Champion
- Five-time SEC Event Specialist of the Week (Jan. 21, 2020, Feb. 25, 2020, Jan. 21, 2025, Jan. 28, 2025, Feb. 4, 2025), the most of any gymnast in a single season in conference history
- All-SEC Team (2020, 2022, 2025)
- SEC All-Freshman Team (2020)
- Four-time SEC Freshman of the Week (Jan. 7, 2020, Feb. 25, 2020, March 3, 2020, March 10, 2020)
- 2019-20 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2021-22, 2022-23 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
9.900 Watch
Bars: 12
Beam: 37
Total: 49
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2025)
- Ranked No. 2 nationally in beam NQS (9.970), holds highest NQS on beam in program history
- Notched her first career perfect 10 on the balance beam during the team’s meet at No. 1 Oklahoma, the first 10.000 of the NCAA Division I collegiate gymnastics season
- Closed regular season with another perfect score on beam at Arkansas
- One of five gymnasts with a 10 during the NCAA Championship First and Second Round meets
- Only gymnast with three 10s on beam this season and one of two gymnasts in the nation to score a 9.975 or better on beam in six meets this season
- Clinched the team’s spot in the NCAA Championship Semifinal and Final
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2023)
- Made appearances on the balance beam and bars in all 13 meets of the season
- Posted a 9.900 or better on beam in 10 of her 13 meets, meeting her career high of 9.975 at the Ball State, UNC and SEMO Quad Meet (March 10)
- Added another near-perfect performance of 9.950 on the bars at the SEC Conference (March 18), tallying three different appearances with that score in her career
- Tied for the highest team bars score of the 2023 season of 9.950, along with tying the highest team balance beam score of the season with a 9.975
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2022)
- Competed in 12 meets, appearing in both beam and bars
- Scored a 9.9 or better on beam in seven of 12 events on the season, posting a season-high 9.95 four times to claim the second-high event score on the team
- Earned a 9.9 on bars (April 2) to help the Tigers post an NCAA Regional program-high score of 197.425, ultimately punching their ticket to the NCAA Championship
- Ended the season tied for third in the SEC and fourth nationally on beam
- Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
SOPHOMORE (2021)
- Spent the the 2021 season rehabbing from a preseason injury
FRESHMAN (2020)
- Was in the bars and beam lineup in every meet, the vault lineup eight times and the floor lineup six times
- Competed as an all-arounder in six meets, including the final four meets of the season
- Finished the season ranked fifth nationally on beam (9.955 NQS) and tied for 12th on bars (9.910 NQS)
- Tallied 14 scores of 9.9 or better, the highest individual total for a Tiger since 2010
- Went 9.9 on beam in nine of 10 meets, with six scores of 9.95 or better
- Her nine 9.9s on the apparatus tied Mizzou's individual single-season record for most 9.9s on one event in a season
- Won 15 event titles, the most for a Mizzou gymnast since 2014, in only 10 meets during the year, with six on beam, four on bars and two in the all-around
- Overall, tallied career-best scores of 9.975 on beam (twice), 9.95 on bars (twice), 9.875 on both vault and floor, and 39.525 in the all-around
- Her two 9.95s on bars tie her atop Mizzou's record book in the event, while her two 9.975s on beam tie for third all-time
- Additionally, her all-around total of 39.525 ranks third among Tiger freshmen
PREP
- Competed at IK Gymnastics for coach Irina Kudina
- Four-time J.O. National beam champion
- Also claimed the 2018 and 2019 J.O. National bars titles
- Earned runner-up honors in the all-around at 2019 J.O. Nationals
- Finished second in the all-around and on floor at 2018 J.O. Nationals
Inside Mizzou Athletics - High Marks with Mizzou Gym's Shannon Welker
Friday, April 04
Gymnastics Cinematic vs. Kentucky
Thursday, February 09
Amari Celestine Signing Day Highlights
Wednesday, November 11
Grace Anne Davis Signing Day Highlights
Wednesday, November 11
