Top Achievements
• 2020-21 MVC bronze medalist on the 1-meter and 3-meter boards
• 2019-20 MVC bronze medalist on the 3-meter board
• 2017-18 MVC bronze medalist on the 3-meter board
Honors & Awards
• 2018 Freshman Diver of the Year
• All-MVC First Team (2018, 2020, 2021)
• All-MVC Honorable Mention (2019)
• All-MVC Scholar-Athlete Team (2020)
• MVC Diver of the Week (1/14/20,10/22/19, 3/10/21 3/24/21)
• CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention (2019)
• MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021)
• MVC Honor Roll (2021)
2020-21 Season (Senior)
Appeared in five meets … Earned All-MVC first team recognition…silver medalist on both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards at MVC Championships (April 8-10)…NCAA Diving Zone D Championship qualifier…Had a season-best 299.48 mark on the 3-meter boards in her final meet at Hammons Student Center against Little Rock (Feb. 15) … Won MVC Diver of the Week honors twice on March 10 and March 24…Placed in the top-three in all 10 of her diving events.
2019-20 Season (Junior)
Member of All-MVC first team…Claimed bronze on 3-meter and made podium appearance on 1-meter boards at MVC Championships (February 19-22)…Swept diving events at Indiana State Invitational (October 19-20), earning her a MVC Diver of the Week nod…Named MVC Diver of the Week again after a first-place finish on the 3-meter versus Evansville (January 11)…Opened season with fifth-place total on 1-meter at Show-Me Showdown (October 4)…Scored a top-10 dive at SMU Invite (November 21-23)…Took top prize on 3-meter versus Drury (December 14).
2018-19 Season (Sophomore)
NCAA Zone D Diving Championships qualifier…All-MVC honorable mention…CSCAA Scholar All-American honorable mention…MVC Scholar-Athlete team member…Podium finish on the 1-meter diving boards at the 2019 MVC Championships…Swept 1-meter and 3-meter boards versus Drury and against USD & Kansas…Third-place finish in 1-meter at Show-Me Showdown.
2017-18 Season (Freshman)
Took 6
th on the 1-meter board at the MVC Championships, and finished 3
rd overall on the 3-meter board … Started her collegiate career finishing 2
nd place on the 1-meter board at the Missouri Show-Me Showdown (Sept. 29) … Earned third place finishes on the 1- and 3- meter boards against Southern Illinois at home on Oct. 7 … Took home gold in both the 1- and 3-meter dives in consecutive meets, one against Kansas and South Dakota (Oct. 20-21) and the other in a home meet against Drury (Oct. 27) … Earned a top-25 finish on both the 1- and 3- meter boards in the Purdue Invitational (Nov. 18) … Decorated herself with more gold medals in the same dives against Drury (Jan. 18)… Ended the regular season finishing fourth place in the 1- and 3-meter boards at home against Missouri (Jan. 20).
Background
Yarbrough, the 2016 Missouri state diving champion, hails from Chesterfield, Mo., where she competed for Marquette High School. Yarbrough has earned first-team all-conference honors all three years she has competed in for the Mustangs. Her sophomore season, the diver broke the 6 diving record and went on to break the same record a year later in her junior season. She earned her first state diving crown her junior season after finishing second in the state her sophomore year. While competing for her club team, Clayton Diving Alliance, she qualified consistently for zone competitions on both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards.
Personal
Born 3/25/99 in St. Louis, Mo. ... Daughter of Scott and Traci Yarbrough of Ballwin, Mo. ... Has two siblings, Christopher and Jessica ... Majoring in Corporate and Investment Science.
| Career Bests at Missouri State |
| Event |
Score |
Opponent/Meet |
Date |
| 1-Meter |
263.02 |
vs. Drury |
10/27/17 |
| 3-Meter |
292.55 |
vs. Kansas/South Dakota |
10/20/17 |
