Austin Metcalf was allegedly fatally stabbed by Karmelo Anthony during a high school athletics event in Frisco, Texas, on April 2. (@EndWokeness / X screen shot)
Hunter Metcalf received a standing ovation at his high school graduation at Memorial High School in Frisco, Texas, as he accepted a posthumous diploma for his twin brother, Austin Metcalf.
As TGP previously reported, 16-year-old track and football star Austin Metcalf was brutally stabbed to death in April 2025 during a championship track meet at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas.
Metcalf, a junior at Frisco Memorial High School, was attacked in broad daylight — at a school-sanctioned event meant to showcase hard work, discipline, and sportsmanship.
Austin Metcalf died in his twin brother Hunter Metcalf’s arms.
The suspect, (now 18-year-old) Karmelo Anthony of rival school Frisco Centennial, was charged with first-degree murder and faces between 5 and 99 years in prison.
Last year, a judge reduced Karmelo Anthony’s bond from $1 million to $250,000 and placed him on house arrest.
The Karmelo Anthony family attorney previously asked the judge to put the teen killer on an ankle monitor and reduce his bond so he can “be with his family.”
The defense attorney argued that Karmelo Anthony has no prior arrests and should be released from prison.
The crooked judge granted the family’s request and later imposed a gag order on the Metcalf family.
On Thursday, Hunter Metcalf accepted his twin brother’s posthumous diploma.
“Hunter Metcalf will accept the posthumous diploma on behalf of his brother, Austin Metcalf,” the speaker said.
WFAA reported:
Memorial High School’s graduation ceremony on Thursday included an emotional tribute to a student who was killed more than a year ago.
Austin Metcalf, a junior at Memorial High School, was stabbed and killed during a track meet in April 2025. Another student, Karmelo Anthony, faces a murder charge. His death shocked the North Texas community and especially the school.
During Thursday’s ceremony, Austin’s twin brother, Hunter Metcalf, accepted a posthumous diploma on his behalf.
After receiving his own diploma and recognition, Hunter walked off the stage before returning moments later to accept Austin’s diploma in his brother’s honor.
The moment drew a standing ovation from the crowd that lasted about 30 seconds.
The Metcalf family remains under a gag order connected to the ongoing criminal case and has not spoken publicly about the graduation ceremony.
Metcalf received a standing ovation.
WATCH:
Arena erupts into a standing ovation as Hunter Metcalf accepts the diploma of his twin brother, Austin Metcalf, who died after being stabbed in the chest last year.
Austin died in his brother’s arms after allegedly being stabbed by Karmelo Anthony.
Anthony faces a maximum… pic.twitter.com/n5aCTFjEQB
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 24, 2026
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