BREAKING: Mizzou Gym picks up first transfer in Makayla Green

We knew some news would be on the horizon, after Mizzou head coach Shannon Welker reported at the team’s banquet on Sunday that he’d scored a commitment or two, but he wouldn’t say much more than that, much to my dismay. This coaching staff operates in stealth mode, as the new commit wasn’t even listed on College Gym News’ transfer tracker yet!

Well, fans didn’t have to wait too long to get the news, as on Sunday night, Illinois transfer and bars specialist Makayla Green announced her commitment to Mizzou Gymnastics on Instagram, and holy hell, this is a big one.

The nation’s no. 4 bars squad is set to lose four of this season’s six rotation members to graduation, so reinforcements are desperately needed. And they have arrived, thanks to Makayla!

Per Road to Nationals data, the 5-foot-3 New Jersey native scored 9.90-plus five times last season, including four 9.925 scores. Two of those 9.925 scores were at the Seattle Regional and Big 10 conference meet, respectively, so we know that she can shine under the bright lights.

Makayla’s average score was a 9.850 and 9.890 NQS scores will put her towards the top of the bars rotation next season. She won seven individual bars titles in her final season at Illinois, including in the head-to-head matchup with UC-Davis in the Washington Regionals Round I.

How much eligibility does she have? Per sources, it is likely to be one, though Road to Nationals data doesn’t show her as competing in either 2022 or 2024.

Here’s how the roster stacks up right now. While we wait to see if Lauren Macpherson and Grace Anne Davis return from injury to take one final go-around in the black & gold, they’re grayed out.

Stay tuned for more Gym news here at Rock M. I suspect we’ll be hearing more news very soon.