F.C. Resident Joins Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets

2026-10-19 4:24 AM

Micaela Albright, a former multi-sport athlete and 2015 graduate of George Mason High School, recently completed New Cadet Week at Virginia Tech to join the school’s Corps of Cadets. Albright, who is majoring in criminology in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, was part of the largest class of the school’s Corps of Cadets since 1969. She is one of 368 new cadets in the 1,090-strong Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, one of the nation’s six military colleges.

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