Examples of “letterman” in a Sentence

noun A student who has reached a set level of involvement in sport or another activity and is given a cloth letter to sew onto their clothing.

• After three seasons on the varsity team, he became a letterman and wore his jacket proudly.
• The coach told the freshman she could be a letterman by senior year.
• My grandfather, a former letterman in track, still keeps his old sweater.
• The children seem to catch their enthusiasm from the energetic instructors, ten of them former lettermen at Kansas universities. — United States Office of Education, Stepping Up with PACE (1967)
• The children seem to catch their enthusiasm from the energetic instructors, ten of them former lettermen at Kansas universities. — United States Office of Education (1967)
• Cousins told the students of their responsibility emphasizing that the sweaters were given them in recognition by the school that they were the “best in the field.” Coach Smith distributed the dark blue slip over sweaters with a gold block T on the front to the lettermen. — Cecilia Aros Hunter (2000)