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Transfer portal news deed connected Saturday evening arsenic nan Missouri Tigers gymnastics programme picked up their first of what will apt beryllium 2 transportation portal additions successful Oregon State grad transportation Jennifer McMillan, who announced her committedness to nan Tigers via Instagram.
Since her station wouldn’t embed — you tin find it present https://www.instagram.com/p/DX2sB8tjTFu/?img_index=3 — I’ve screenshotted it below.
The incoming 5th year, who spent nan 2026 connected nan sidelines aft a season-ending little assemblage wounded and consequent surgery, entered nan portal connected April 6, citing nan desire to prosecute caller world and diversion opportunities. In 3 years successful Corvallis, Jennifer was chiefly a bars and beam master pinch profession highs of 9.95 connected bars and 9.925 connected beam.
Per Oregon State’s site, nan Charlotte, N.C. native, who appears to beryllium friends pinch erstwhile Tiger and chap Piedmont autochthonal Amaya Marshall, competed connected bars and beam successful each of nan team’s 14 meets successful 2024 and 2025.
In 2025, Jennifer had a 9.845 NQS connected bars, which included six scores of 9.85 aliases higher (one 9.85 astatine Regional Finals), and a 9.925 successful nan team’s opening meet. In 2024, she was moreover better, pinch a 9.915 NQS, which included 11 scores connected bars of 9.85 aliases higher, 3 9.875 scores (one astatine NCAA Regionals), 4 9.925 scores (one of which astatine Pac-12 champs), and a 9.95.
On beam successful 2025, Jennifer had an NQS of 9.860, which included 7 scores of 9.85 aliases higher and 2 9.90-plus scores. In 2024, she earned a 9.855 NQS, which included 5 scores of 9.85 aliases higher, on pinch 2 9.875 scores and a 9.90.
McMillan comes successful pinch plentifulness of postseason experience, competing connected some bars and beam astatine NCAA Regionals arsenic portion of a beardown Oregon State program, and pinch nan Tigers losing bars routines from Lauren Macpherson and Makayla Green, on pinch beam routines from LMac, Amy Wier and Addi Lawrence, this could beryllium a cardinal addition, and thing we’ve seen earlier from this team. The Tigers LOVE a transportation master and person had rather a spot of occurrence pinch them, producing aggregate All-Americans complete nan past fewer years connected bars and beam (re: Mara Titarsolej, Alisa Sheremeta).
Here’s wherever things guidelines roster-wise going into nan 2026-27 season. With nan limit group astatine 20, nan Tigers person 1 spot open, barring immoderate last-minute portal entrants (the portal closes May 14).
