Graduate Lauren Macpherson poses after performing her beam routine in Mizzou gymnastics' win over Iowa State on Jan. 4, 2026.

Lauren Macpherson Season 2025

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Height5-1
YearGraduate Student
HometownGilbert, Ariz.
Previous SchoolSan Jose State
Year

Vault

Bars

Beam

Floor

All-Around

2021 9.800, 2x (Last: at Air Force, 03/20/21) 9.850 at Air Force (03/20/21) 9.800 at Air Force (03/20/21) 9.800 at Air Force (03/20/21) 39.025 at UCLA (03/13/21)
2022 9.825 at Sacramento State Quad (02/18/22) 9.875 at Sacramento State Quad (02/18/22) 9.900 at Denver (01/09/22) 9.875, 3x (Last: MPSF Championship, 03/19/22) 39.325 at UC Davis (02/27/22)
2023 9.875 at Sacramento State Quad (03/03/23) 9.900, 2x (Last: at Southern Utah Tri Meet, 03/10/23) 9.950 at Sacramento State Quad (03/03/23) 9.900, 2x (Last: at UC Davis, 02/24/23) 39.550 at Sacramento State Quad (03/03/23)
2024 9.825 at SJSU Quad (03/10/24)

9.925 at SJSU Quad (03/10/24)

9.950, 2x (last at UC Davis, 02/25/24)

9.925, 2x (Last: at Cal Meet, 03/15/24)

39.500 at SJSU Quad (03/10/24)
2025       

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2206 - 9.900 vs. Arkansas (03/01/26) 9.950 vs. LSU (01/30/26) - -

Career Highs

9.875 at Sacramento State Quad (03/03/23)

9.925 at SJSU Quad (03/10/24)

9.950, 2x (last at UC Davis, 02/25/24)

9.925, 2x (Last: at Cal Meet, 03/15/24) 39.550 at Sacramento State Quad (03/03/23)

Accolades

  • 2026 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
  • 2024 First Team All-Mountain West - All-Around, Beam
  • 2024 Second Team All-Mountain West - Floor
  • 2023 MPSF Gymnast of the Year
  • 2023 MPSF All-Around Champion
  • 2023 NCAA Los Angeles Regional All-Around Participant
  • 2023 First Team All-MPSF – Bars, Beam, Floor, All-Around
  • 2023 Second Team All-MPSF - Vault
  • 2022 NCAA Seattle All-Around Participant
  • 2022 First Team All-MPSF – Bars, Beam, All-Around
  • 2022 Second Team All-MPSF – Vault, Floor
  • 2022 & 2023 MPSF All-Academic Scholar
  • 2021 & 2022 WCGA Scholastic All-American
  • Four-time Mountain West Beam Specialist of the Week
  • Six-time Mountain West Gymnast of the Week

9.900 Watch
Bars: 6
Beam: 17
Floor: 6
Total: 29

GRADUATE (2026)
  • Ranks No. 31 on beam with an NQS of 9.900 
  • Earned her Mizzou-best 9.950 on beam against LSU, tying her career high 
  • Notched a Tiger-high 9.900 on bars during senior day meet against Arkansas 
  • Posted consecutive scores of 9.925 on beam against Arkansas and at Georgia 
  • Scored 9.900 on beam and 9.875 on bars in her first official meet for Mizzou 
  • In her first meet since last year’s Black & Gold exhibition, Macpherson scored 9.900 on beam and 9.850 on bars 
  • Did not compete in 2025 due to leg injury
GRADUATE (2025)
  • Did not compete during the 2025 season due to injury
SENIOR (2024, SAN JOSE STATE)
  • First Team All-Mountain West (All-Around & Beam)
  • Second Team All-Mountain West (Floor)
  • Mountain West Beam Specialist of the Year
  • Participated in 15 meets for the Spartans, competing in all-around in all but one
  • Recorded a season-high 39.500 in a quad with Boise State, Illinois State and Yale (March 10)
  • Totaled 39 scores of 9.800 or better across the four events and recorded 10 scores of 9.900 or higher
  • Earned 39.000 or more in all-around nine times
  • Tied for first in the Mountain West with a 9.895 NQS on beam
  • Finished the season scoring 39.425 in the California Regional II Session II, tying the sixth-best score in school history
  • Four-time Mountain West Beam Specialist of the Week
  • Four-time Mountain West Gymnast of the Week
  • Mountain West Co-Bars Specialist of the Week (Feb. 6)
JUNIOR (2023, SAN JOSE STATE)
  • 2023 MPSF Gymnast of the Year
  • First team All-MPSF on bars, beam, floor and all-around
  • Second team All-MPSF on vault
  • 39.375 NQS, 39.259 average in the all-around
  • Won the all-around title at the MPSF Championships with a 39.300
  • Tied the second-highest all-around score with a 39.550 at Sacramento State Quad
  • Scored 39.000 or higher in every meet but one (11) in the all-around
  • Set career highs on every event during the season: 9.875 on vault (March 3), 9.900 on bars (March 10), 9.950 on beam (March 3), 9.900 on floor (Feb. 17) and 39.550 all-around (March 3)
  • Had a 9.875 on vault at the Sacramento State Quad meet
  • Had a 9.800 or higher on vault in seven meets
  • Career-best 9.900 on bars in two meets – against Air Force and at Southern Utah/Iowa meet
  • Set the school record on beam with a 9.950 at the Sacramento Quad (Feb. 18)
  • Had a 9.900 on floor at UC Davis and at Sacramento State
SOPHOMORE (2022, SAN JOSE STATE)
  • NCAA All-Around performer at Seattle Regional
  • Career-best 39.325 at UC Davis (Feb. 6) to win her first collegiate all-around title
  • Finished second at MSPF Championships with 39.300
  • Season-high 9.825 on vault at Sacramento State Quad
  • Career-best 9.875 on bars at Sacramento State Quad
  • Ninth gymnast in school history to record a career-high 9.900 on beam at Denver (Jan. 9)
  • Recorded a 9.875 on beam at UC Davis and a 9.850 versus Air Force
  • 9.875 on floor three times, including the MPSF Championships
FRESHMAN (2021, SAN JOSE STATE)
  • Top all-around competitor for the Spartan, competing in four meets with a season-best 39.025 at UCLA
  • Earned a season-highs at Air Force during her freshmen season, collecting 9.850 on bars and 9.800 on beam (March 5) before totaling 9.800 on vault and floor (March 20)
  • Won three MPSF Freshman of the Week honors and one MPSF Gymnast of the Week accolade
PREP
  • Competed for USA Illusions and coaches Hollie Vise Naddour, Alex Naddour, Charles Payne and Danielle Greenberg
  • 2019 Arizona vault champion
  • Placed second on beam and third on bars and all-around at 2019 Arizona state championships
  • Competed at the 2019 JO National Championships, where she was 13th on bars, beam and all-around
  • 2019 Region 1 championship, was fourth on beam, sixth on bars and eighth in the all-around
  • Graduated from Perry High School in 2020 and earned academic honor roll all four years as she was in the top 10 percent of her class
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Graduate Student
2026

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