Amari Drayton Season 2026
2025 WCGA Regular Season All-American (FX)
2025 Scholastic All-American
2025 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2024 Scholastic All-American
2024 First Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2025)
Competed in every meet in the Tigers on vault and floor in her second season … Tallied season highs of 9.50’s on vault and floor… Recorded a new career high on floor with her 9.950 routine at the Sprout’s Collegiate Quad on January 11 and reached that score three more times against Oklahoma, Georgia, and at the SEC Championships in Birmingham… Claimed two individual titles on the season with one coming on floor against No. 1 Oklahoma and one on vault against No. 10 Georgia, moving her career total to three titles… Finished the year with averages of 9.844 on vault and 9.898 on floor for the 2025 season… Earned her first career WCGA Regular Season All-America honor for her performance on floor this year … Finished the regular season ranked No. 11 in the country with her NQS of 9.935 … Earned multiple academic honors for her efforts in the classroom, including her second straight year on the SEC Academic Honor Roll list, second straight year as an Academic All-American and a spot on the Dean’s List.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2024)
In just her first season with the Tigers, she emerged as one of the top freshman talents in the country, appearing on vault and floor in every meet this season… Earned her first event victory in a career high vault with her 9.975 routine in a top 5 matchup at Florida… Posted a career high of 9.925 on floor four times throughout the season, the first being in her first collegiate meet ever and again in three straight meets against Auburn, Florida, and Alabama… Made her first NCAA postseason debut and competed in both the NCAA Semifinals and Final Four as a freshman… Scored a 9.825 on vault and a 9.9125 on floor in the NCAA Championships, helping LSU capture its first national title in program history… Averaged a 9.858 on vault and a 9.893 on floor for the season… Named to First Year SEC Academic Honor Roll and Scholastic All-America in her first season.
PRIOR TO LSU
A native of Spring, Texas, Drayton trained at the World Champions Centre… In 2021, Drayton was a member of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in St. Louis, Missouri, and participated in the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Fort Worth, Texas… Competed internationally and earned first in the all-around and vault, second on uneven bars, fourth on floor and seventh on balance beam in the 2020 WOGA Classic in Frisco, Texas… Earned first in the all-around and uneven bars, second on floor, third on balance beam and seventh on vault in the 2018 Women’s Junior Olympic Level 10 National Championships… That same year, she was named a national qualifier in the Auburn Elite Competition, earning first in the all-around, vault, and floor and second on uneven bars and balance beam in the junior division… Coached by Laurent and Cecile Landi.
DRAYTON’S CAREER HIGH’S
Vault: 9.975 (2/23/24 at Florida)
Bars:
Beam:
Floor: 9.950 (Four times; First: 1/11/25 at Sprout’s Quad; Last: 3/22/25 at SEC Championships)
All-Around:
DRAYTON’S CAREER TITLES
Vault: 2
Bars:
Beam:
Floor: 1
All-Around:
Total: 3
DRAYTON’S CAREER ALL-AMERICA HONORS
Vault:
Bars:
Beam:
Floor: 1
All-Around:
Total: 1