Meanings
nounstudent-athlete (plural student-athletes)
plural student-athletes · alternative student athlete
- CanadaUSeducationA student who participates in a competitive sport while also attending school.
The online fundraising site GiveSendGo continues to face criticism over a page that has raised more than $320,000 for Karmelo Anthony, the teen arrested for stabbing fellow 17-year-old student-athlete Austin Metcalf to death at a Texas track meet last week.
2025 April 10, Bobby Burack, “GiveSendGo's $300,000 Page For Karmelo Anthony Is Consistent With Company Policy”, in OutKick, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2026
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student-athlete. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/student-athlete
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