letterman
n. countablen. a student who earns a special cloth letter for being very good at a school sport. You usually wear this letter on a specific type of jacket to show your achievement.
n. a student who has met a specific standard of participation or performance on a varsity athletic team, earning the right to wear the school's institutional letter. Primarily used in the context of North American secondary and collegiate education.
He became a letterman after his second year on the football team.
As a three-sport letterman, he was one of the most recognizable and respected athletes on the high school campus.
The tradition of the letterman jacket serves as a visual hierarchy within the social fabric of American schools, signaling both athletic prowess and institutional loyalty.
Often used as a modifier in the phrase 'letterman jacket'.