Tigers pick up strong senior for 2026
From purple and gold to purple and gold.
The LSU gymnastics team got another great addition to the 2026 team when Emily Innes announced that she’d be transferring in. The incoming senior from Pittsburgh spent her first three seasons at Washington where she was a stud especially on floor. In 2024, her sophomore year, she set a career high of 9.950 at the Berkeley Regional Semifinal and missed out on an individual spot at nationals due to the four-score tiebreaker. Her first two seasons were solid, but she earned her spot at LSU because of her 2025 season.
In 2023 and 2024, Washington qualified a team to regionals. That didn’t happen in 2025, but Innes still qualified for regionals on both floor and beam. She scored a 9.750 on floor and a 9.800 on beam. Her experience on beam is crucial for a 2026 LSU squad that’s replacing half the beam lineup and has little college experience on beam outside Konnor, Kylie and Kailin. Her floor ability is also big for LSU’s depth. While Innes can vault, she’s done a Yurchenko Full that’s not on the level of the ones LSU’s led with in the past. Expect her name to come up as a potential contender for the lead-off spot on beam.