I think that your "biography" is irrelevant in the scope of things.
Now what about letter jackets...........
Son started on varsity as a freshman. Spent over $350 on jacket and patches for all-district / all-state / etc.
At the end of this summer we will purchase 2 baseball patches for last year: "Covid - Sucks" and "#2 Ranked 5A at End of Year", and for this year we will purchase 1 for team success and 1 that says "ACL".
As he noted, it's his way of "saving me money". I laughed and said "I would gladly have spent the money to see you on the field for these 2 years" and the cost of the surgery/rehab was/is way more than the letter jacket.