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In the News
Step into cadet life and explore various extracurricular activities that are offered at VMI. See how cadets, faculty advisors and coaches, and post itself, reflect the ever-changing landscape of athletics, academics, community service, and interests beyond the classroom, going the extra mile.
Matthew Picard ’27 vowed he would never attend a military college. One of his teammates in high school ended up going to Virginia Military Institute and he was encouraged to investigate it.
VMI men’s and women’s swimming and diving closed out their season at home in February during the America East Championships at Goodall Pool Feb. 22. The 2025 Southern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships were hosted by VMI at the Corps Physical Training Facility Feb. 28 and March 1.
Adrenaline and nerves flow through Eleyah Armstong ’25 before she starts a race. As a captain and sprinter on Virginia Military Institute’s track and field team, the anxiety dissipates quickly as she runs.
Since picking up lacrosse at age 5, Cole Jones ’26 has been drawn to the sport’s blend of physicality and speed — a pace that mirrors his packed schedule of academics, ROTC, and cadet duties. Jones credits the structure and camaraderie at VMI for teaching him how to prioritize.
Patrick Jordon ’27 has found purpose and resilience through the challenges of wrestling and life at VMI. Balancing the demands of being a cadet-athlete and a civil engineering major, he thrives on discipline, problem-solving, and overcoming procrastination.
Ryan Peterson ’25 has learned how to compartmentalize and focus. He said it’s something that his time at VMI has helped frame for him. The international studies major explained that the rigors of academics and playing a Division I sport makes it so he must focus on one task at a time.
Sadie Smith '26 excels as a water polo captain, cadre member, and honors student at VMI, while preparing for a 10-week internship with the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington, D.C.
Cadets in the Building BRIDGES Club, in collaboration with Remembering Rockbridge Veterans (RRV), laid wreaths on the headstones of veterans buried in Evergreen Cemetery, a historical Black cemetery in Lexington, as part of the Wreaths Across America program.
The Building BRIDGES Club, in collaboration with the Office of Diversity, Opportunity and Inclusion, and Preston Library at Virginia Military Institute, hosted a holiday card making event Dec. 9 in the post exchange.
The club, which has about 15 cadets on the roster, practices three times a week. They also make excursions to cliffs and bouldering opportunities in the surrounding areas on the weekends.