Jessica Springsteen may not have been categorized as a student-athlete in a varsity sport during her Blue Devil days, but she was every bit the student AND the athlete as a Duke undergraduate. While pursuing her academic degree in psychology, she balanced a burgeoning career in the equestrian sport of show jumping. She even turned professional midway through her Duke experience and made a serious run at the 2012 London Olympics, coming up just short as an alternate for Team USA.
Springsteen later missed out on a chance to contend for a berth in the 2016 Rio Olympics when her horse suffered some health issues.