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Thomas was the first woman to officiate a major college football game, the first to officiate a bowl game, and the first to officiate in a Big Ten stadium. On April 8, 2015, Thomas was hired as the first full-time female official in NFL history, [note 1] and for the 2020 NFL season, she was on the officiating crew headed by referee Shawn ...
The NCAA was forced to make an officiating change at halftime of No. 3 NC State’s 64-45 win over No. 14 Chattanooga in the first round of the 2024 NCAA women's tournament on Saturday. According ...
Female basketball officials, from left, Jara McCoy, Brook Farris and Katelynn Hall were the first all-female referee crew to call an Oklahoma high school state tournament game.
Intercollegiate sports began in the United States in 1852 when crews from Harvard and Yale universities met in a challenge race in the sport of rowing. [13] As rowing remained the preeminent sport in the country into the late-1800s, many of the initial debates about collegiate athletic eligibility and purpose were settled through organizations like the Rowing Association of American Colleges ...
In 2019, she became the first female official to officiate an NFL playoff game in an AFC divisional round between Los Angeles Chargers at New England Patriots. [39] She worked NFC divisional games in 2020 and 2021, [38] and was the down judge for Super Bowl LV. In 2021, line judge Maia Chaka became the NFL's second full-time female on-field ...
South Carolina coach Dawn Staley offered support to referees from the 2023 national championship after an independent review was released by the NCAA.
Lily Godwin – First female player in NCAA history to record a solo tackle, as a LB for the University of Puget Sound Loggers, a D3 school. [63] Sam Gordon – Running back, Salt Lake City. Her play in a youth football league [64] led to her becoming the first female football player featured on a Wheaties box. [65]
The NCAA removed one of the on-court officials from duty at halftime of Saturday’s N.C. State-Chattanooga women’s basketball NCAA Tournament first round game after discovering a conflict of ...