1) Admired athlete 2) Athlete 3) Carson-Sajak alternative 4) College sports stand-out 5) Ed sullivan theater host 6) Jock 7) Small Town News presenter 8) Star seen late at night 1) Athlete 
[sports] A letterman, in U.S. sports, performing arts or academics, is a high school or college student who has met a specified level of participation or performance on a varsity athletic team, marching band, or in other performance school-sponsored activities. The Varsity Letter represents the activities one has done with varsity. ==Overvi...
[n] - an athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport
noun an athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport