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Palmer in 2009. Violet Renice Palmer (born July 20, 1964) is a retired American basketball referee in the NBA and WNBA [1] and the first female official to reach the highest competitive tier in any major U.S. professional sports league.
Her first regular season game as an NBA referee was in November 1997 during a match between the Atlanta Hawks and the Philadelphia 76ers. [14] During her time with the NBA, she was the Supervisor of Officials for the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 to 1998. [15] Kantner remained with the NBA until she was fired in 2002. [16]
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Simone Marie Jelks [1] (born March 9, 1986) is an American professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA), wearing number 81. Jelks became the seventh woman to be a full-time NBA referee. [2]
Moyer-Gleich will soon become only the second woman in NBA history to referee a playoff game. “It's surreal,” Moyer-Gleich said. Moyer-Gleich picked for NBA playoff officiating roster, 1st ...
Lauren Holtkamp (born November 24, 1980) is a former professional basketball referee who worked in the National Basketball Association (NBA), wearing number 7. Holtkamp became the third woman to be a full-time NBA referee. [2] Holtkamp also played college basketball at Drury University from 2000 to 2004. [3]
In an anonymous 2023 survey of NBA players conducted by The Athletic, Moyer-Gleich received several votes for the "best ref" in the league. [7] In 2024, the NBA selected Moyer-Gleich for a playoff assignment for the first time which would make her the second woman to referee a playoff game after Violet Palmer. [8]