ALEXIS ABRAMS
Atoka, Tenn.

Abrams won't be throwing the javelin or the hammer on the track team anymore after graduation, but she'll be throwing the book at people who use the U.S. Postal Service to commit fraud.

Abrams will soon be an investigator for the postal service, with hopes of working for the Drug Enforcement Administration, FBI or the U.S. Marshals one day.

Her record at VMI suggests she knows how to set goals and follow through.

Almost a full year before the first women enrolled at VMI, Abrams spent a day and night living in the barracks and decided then it was the place for her. She told a reporter, “I think the school really wants us here.”

That assessment hasn't changed, but her experience at VMI did teach her that "not everything is fair," she said.

"Some people aren't going to like you for whatever their reason is, and you have to go on with your life. But there are people that will back you 100 percent."