red-shirt freshman


a red shirt freshman is a student on an ncaa college sports team who was kept out of compet-tion for a year in order to prolong his or her eligibility. usually this is done to allow the student to be a “part” of the team in terms of learning, healing from injury, and/or conditioning, but not a partic-p-nt in any of the contests/games/meets/etc.

the following year, they begin their 1st of 4 years of eligibility, or their “freshman” year of eligibility, even if they are soph-m-res in terms of academics.
heather stec from siena women’s basketball team played as a red-shirt freshman in the 2005-2006 season to be eligible to play an extra year at siena.

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