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Mizzou Gymnastics Adds Promising Transfer; The Buzz, Friday, May 9, 2025

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Mar 30, 2023; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Missouri coach Shannon Welker and Amari Celestine celebrate at the end of her floor exercise routine during the NCAA Women's Gymnastics Los Angeles Regional at Pauley Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-Imagn Images
Mar 30, 2023; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Missouri coach Shannon Welker and Amari Celestine celebrate at the end of her floor exercise routine during the NCAA Women's Gymnastics Los Angeles Regional at Pauley Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-Imagn Images | Robert Hanashiro-Imagn Images

Missouri gymnastics added a new athlete with Dakota Essenpries, who is transferring from Arkansas. The incoming junior will have two years of eligibility remaining.

Essenpries represents an exciting addition to an already talented Missouri squad. Her decision to be a Tiger is also a homecoming, as she is from Adrian, Mo.

She will focus on vault, an event she specialized on at Arkansas. Essenpries performs a Yurchenko 1.5 and with it, she logged a 9.850 or higher on five occasions. Her National Qualifying Score in 2025 was a 9.845.

Essenpries earned her career high, 9.900, on vault in the second round of the Penn State Regional this year, which tied her for second place in the event.

Essenpries joins Missouri at an ideal time, as the Tigers are losing seniors Amari Celestine and Jocelyn Moore. Both Celestine and Moore regularly competed on vault for the Tigers, so Essenpries can look to fill the gap.

Friday’s Mizzou Schedule

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Did you notice?

  • Incoming Missouri gymnasts are slated to compete at the USA Gym Development Program National Championship on May 8-11. Maiya Terry is a three-star recruit, and Kimarra Echols is a five-star recruit.
  • Missouri track and field welcomed Suzy Lecourte to the team. She will compete in the distance events.

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LILLY MARSHALL

Lilly Marshall covers gymnastics for Missouri Tigers On SI in addition to baseball, softball and football. Originally from the Tampa, Fla. area, she's contributed and/or volunteered with The Missourian, KOMU 8 News, the Tampa Bay Times and the The Maneater student paper before signing on as an intern with Missouri Tigers On SI.

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