“To be honest, at first I really didn’t want to be a referee. The NCAA Women's Basketball DI official home. We go through the same training, the same meetings, read the same rule book. Once you show them you belong and uphold the standards, then they’re like, ‘hey, this girl knows what she’s doing.”, Last night in Los Angeles, the @Lakers honored retired NBA Official & California native... Violet Palmer! Division I. Northeast-10 Conference. I still look up to Dee [Kanter] and Violet [Palmer, the first two women referees] and Lauren, and even Ashley. They started on the middle school or AAU levels, did some high school, some more DIII (Moyer-Gleich even refereed the 2017 DIII women's basketball championship game), and then lo and behold, all three found themselves back in DII: Moyer-Gleich in the PSAC and Mountain East, Sago in the GLVC, and Holtkamp in the GLVC and then Peach Belt. New Power 10 women's basketball rankings. It was really neat. Both started refereeing in the NBA this preseason, and both became official NBA hires on November 15, 2018. Holtkamp has always been a pioneer, a member of the first Drury women’s basketball team in 2000. “I’ll tell you as someone that was part of that origin story,” Holtkamp said, “it’s so exciting to see that sustainability and success of the program so many years later. ncaa women, college basketball, final four, officials, tournament. “It’s awesome," Sago said. I don’t feel like it. “My father just retired after 35 years of refereeing,” Sago said. The people that you meet, the girls you are inspiring. NCAA Basketball, NCAA referee photos, NCAA officials. Dee Kantner (born May 3, 1960) is a women's basketball referee for the National Collegiate Athletic Association.With the NCAA, Kantner has refereed for various Final Four and championship games in women's basketball. Wayne Cavadi has covered all things Division II sports for NCAA.com since 2016. It should be noted that NCAA basketball officials don't have "crews" that they work with for every game. “I wanted to be a coach; I think that’s the natural progression of most athletes. Penny Davis, NCAA national coordinator of women’s basketball officiating. [5] After leaving the NBA, she continued to work in the WNBA as the Director of Referee Development from 2002 to 2004 and was renamed Supervisor of Officials in 2004. Davis, who will direct the national women’s basketball officiating program across all three divisions, will fill the void created by the departure of June Courteau, who retired May … Let's look back at how these DII student-athletes are blazing a trail for future women in the NBA. Northeast Conference. 508/793-7162 Division 3. ATLANTA – Hailey Diestelkamp, of Drury University, is the 2020 WBCA Division II Player of the Year and headlines the 2020 WBCA Division II Coaches’ All-America team, announced by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association today. She also appeared at the 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women and the 2000 Summer Olympics as a referee. Follow him on Twitter at @UofDWayne. It was so many people in one arena for one preseason game. Schroeder is the latest to join the NBA ranks. This past weekend I got to go to the Final Four and got to speak on an all women’s panel to the Women’s Academy girls. But don’t tell them that. 440/871-8100 Division 3. She played field hockey while at the University of Pittsburgh and graduated with an engineer's degree in 1982. It was hard basketball and taught me some valuable lessons. It was a really cool feeling to have that support from my friends.”. 315/824-8911 Division 3. Active referees are listed in bold. I can see now what kind of role we serve in inspiring the next generation of women. They all welcomed me and said congratulations.”, BIG thank you to Lady Panther Alum. Moyer-Gleich: "My first game was back in October [2018]. Meet Lauren Holtkamp, Ashley Moyer-Gleich, Natalie Sago, and now Jenna Schroeder. NCAA refs, why are players with pants above their knees allowed to play in games. Smitty Apparel Co. $42.99. See the new NCAA Women's Basketball Referee Jackets manufactured by Smitty Officials Apparel. Referees in the National Basketball Association (NBA) oversee 120 pre-season games, 1,260 regular season games, and four rounds of playoff matches.These officials "oversee competition in real-time between 10 exceptional athletes, making calls with 95% accuracy.". The three were back in 2019 with the addition of Schroeder who became the sixth woman to make it to the NBA level in the history of the game. She then went on to become their graduate assistant coach for a few more seasons and was looking to beef up her resume a little bit before fate stepped in her way. The coolest thing was walking out of the tunnel and looking up at my parents and brother in the stands. CONWAY, S.C. -- It's been a busy week for the top women's basketball officials. Dee Kantner (born May 3, 1960) is a women's basketball referee for the National Collegiate Athletic Association. It makes me blush. New Jersey Athletic Conference. I called a foul on Chandler Parsons. It was almost like I had instant credibility. Smitty is the exclusive referee apparel supplier for the NCAA Men's and Women's Elite Eight and Final Four. She also … I’m really proud of them.”. To be honest, it was soft. The dream became a reality. But through it all, there was officiating, and the goal of one day maybe working men’s college basketball. Approved for the 2020-2021 season, this is the full-zip pre-game jacket for all NCAA Women's Basketball referees. [2] Kantner left engineering in 1984 when she was hired as an NCAA Division I official. It helped me understand and appreciate my experiences as a student-athlete. I never wanted to coach another game in my life.”. NCAA Men’ Women’s Basketball Monitor Rules and Guidelines – Rule 11. [1] Her first regular season game as an NBA referee was in November 1997 during a match between the Atlanta Hawks and the Philadelphia 76ers. [4], Kantner remained with the NBA until she was fired in 2002. He gets it. But everything is on social media and ESPN and is magnified. Drury lost for the first time in 42 games, causing a stir in the latest DII women's basketball rankings. A stop at the DI level, a few years on the D or G-League circuit, a summer in the WNBA, and then it happened. I’ll never forget it; it may have been sold out. "We’re both females and sometimes we just have to have some girl talk. Fifty-six-year-old Wesley Dean is in cust… Some of the active NCAA football referees. If update does not appear within 24 hours, please send an email to webmaster@phillyref.com with referee name and home state, your name, any comments, and any photo attached. Holtkamp’s career ended as Molly Miller’s, then Carter, began. Miller became a Panthers legend and is the current head coach that led them to the national semifinals this season. I was a big daddy’s girl, and I thought, ‘I can’t do this’. I have feelings, I have a heart, and these guys are ruthless yelling at my dad.”. Meet the female NBA referees who got their start as NCAA DII student-athletes. 9 file photo, Louisville center Gorgui Dieng talks with referee John Gaffney in an NCAA college basketball game in South Bend. A women’s basketball official from 1968 to 2011, Courteau participated in 20 NCAA Division I Championships and 12 Women’s Final Fours, including five national championship games, during her distinguished on-court career. I witnessed other student-athletes working together. My dad is so invested this, and me and my dad have that tie. Humble and modest, the three have accepted their roles, and cherish it, knowing they are role models for a whole new wave a young female student-athletes. I could feel my heartbeat in my throat, but I could see the girls standing there cheering and waving. The focus of our training sessions are mechanics, positioning, and overall game management. The new referee apparel is manufactured by Smitty Officials Apparel - The Official Uniform Provider for the NCAA Men's & Women's Elite Eight and Final Four. All other plays may have multiple replays, unless conference policy dictates otherwise. Today we celebrate the women in sports leading us forward. Lander men's soccer also made some noise on the pitch. Drury is ranked No. “In doing that, I realize that it’s so cool to be part of this and acknowledge my full part in that, and the roles of other people making this happen: the people I’m on the court with every day, the front office, the entire league with everything they do to make this incredible thing work.”. [3] During her time with the NBA, she was the Supervisor of Officials for the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 to 1998. Sago, too, is a former DII athlete, also spending a couple of years at Drury. Kantner spent her childhood in Reading, Pennsylvania. Crystal Hogan — former athlete, mother, parole officer — is also the only female official in the country working men’s Division I basketball games. "If I’m walking on or off the court and I see a little girl holding her hand over the railing wanting a high five, or hear a mom yell, ‘thank you for doing this for my daughter,’ it’s like, ‘wow, this is really happening.’ It’s crazy, I swear, every night I go on the floor I get the chills non-stop. It’s just awesome to say that this is our job.”, STAY UP TO DATE: DII women's basketball news | All DII news at the D2 Hub | Join the DII newsletter. New England Women’s Men’s Athletics Conference. September 15, 2012 at 2:33 pm. I look in the mirror and I’m just Ashley. Box 6222, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46206-6222 www.NCAA.org NCAA WBKBSB - 8/15 That level of energy, I just remember of feeling a sense of deep awe. "I hate saying this because we’re all just referees, but the biggest challenge is just letting people know you belong. ... Holtkamp has always been a pioneer, a member of the first Drury women’s basketball … Videoboard(s) a. 2020-21 NCAA Women's Basketball You Make the Call #1 (Eligibility Requirement) is now available.The deadline to view the video is February 1 at 5 pm Eastern Time.. To view the required video, click the ELIGIBILITY Tab, and then the Eligibility Dashboard link. I felt like it would bother me. And of course, there's Natalie Sago. 4. 1 in the first WBCA poll of the 2020-21 DII women's basketball season. Subscribe to access game/referee filter. That’s nearly 20 years of really good basketball. That and more in this week's DII Report. TOURNAMENT PREP: How the DII women's basketball championship works. The 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament was played between March and April 2016, with the Final Four played April 3 & 5. Starting with Lauren Holtkamp, Ashley Moyer-Gleich and Natalie Sago; All current NBA refs and former collegiate athletes #NGWSD #LeadHerForward @WomensSportsFdn pic.twitter.com/TfwYsX5EPO. In March 2015, the NBA began issuing Last Two Minutes reports that detail the performance of referees at the … New NCAA Women's Basketball Referee Jacket for the 2020-21 Season. Outside of the NCAA, Kantner was one of the first women referees in the National Basketball Association from 1997 to 2002. . I hold it very near and dear to my heart.”, Holtkamp: “I remember being able to go into these [DII] institutions, not that far removed from being a student-athlete and coming in in a professional sense and not an athlete. Basketball-Referee-Equipment > Featured > NCAA-Shirts-Jackets NCAA Basketball Referee Shirts & Jackets These are the new NCAA approved shirts and jackets for the 2019-2020 season by Smitty Officials Apparel - the exclusive apparel provider for Men's & Women's NCAA … [6] Outside of the NCAA, Kantner was a referee at the 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women, 2000 Summer Olympics and the Continental Basketball Association. If update does not appear within 24 hours, please send an email to webmaster@phillyref.com with referee name and home state, your name, any comments, and any photo attached. Sport Name Email Baseball George Drouches georgedrouches@gmail.com Men's … It helped give me a real sense of pride in being a Division II athlete.”. ATLANTA — A top NCAA women’s basketball referee has been arrested in suburban Atlanta on two counts of child molestation and one of enticing a child. My dad and all his buddies were trying to convince me, but I went to all my dad’s games and everyone yelled at him. Such is life during conference tournament season. Holtkamp, Moyer-Gleich, and Sago were the only three female referees that were active in the NBA for the 2018 season. I refereed in Oklahoma City. In Pennsylvania, where I took my [referee] test, for you to pass you have to do on court training. But I always felt at home at the Division II schools. She was not only a graduate from Saginaw Valley State, but she was also the Cardinals leading scorer. Drury basketball is the reason Holtkamp is where she is today. Let’s get straight to the point. Prior to the 2015–16 season, NCAA men's basketball used a 35-second shot clock, while NCAA women's basketball was played with the same 20-minute halves as the men's game. The 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 teams to determine the national champion for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.The 38th annual edition of the tournament began on March 22, and concluded with the championship game on April 7 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, with the University … 724/934-1978 Division 3. SKU: JT-4M S. I told him, ‘hey, I got to get my first one on somebody.’ He was great. “I never wanted to be a referee,” Moyer-Gleich said. I was very fortunate to go back and referee at the conference that I gave a lot of my blood, sweat, and tears to. Referee Name (required): Home State But we get to do this together and keep each other uplifted and cheer each other on. The regional locations were four neutral sites: Bridgeport, Connecticut, Dallas, Lexington, Kentucky, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Holtkamp: "Oh my gosh, I do remember what it felt like to prepare in the D-League for years, and then the WNBA, and then have this opportunity to step on the floor and know that there was so much more to learn. Only one replay at regular speed is permitted when a play involves an official’s decision or a controversial judgment ruling. [4] With the NCAA, Kantner has been a referee in over twenty Final Four rounds and over ten championship games in women's basketball. “I might be biased, but women’s basketball in the PSAC, it’s a tough conference. After all, she had no choice. It was such a powerful, quick play, he just exploded towards me on the baseline. North Coast Athletic Conference. Then, there's Ashley Moyer-Gleich, a four-year student-athlete for a Millersville Marauders team that made it to the round of 16 in the DII women’s basketball championship. It comes with a lot of pressure and responsibility, but for so long I loved being a part of the game basketball, it just kind of comes naturally. pic.twitter.com/FS3Qa8Z6gc. The Panthers held summer camps for the girls in the community, and a single decision changed the course of history. I was a ball of nerves just to be there. Enter your information to receive emails about offers, promotions from NCAA.com and our partners. “Of all the things we could volunteer for at this camp, I chose to referee the scrimmages,” Holtkamp recollected laughing. Diestelkamp, the senior forward from Owensville Missouri, earns NCAA Division II Player of the Year honors for the … 23 Temple visits top-ranked UConn. These are the exclusive pregame jackets for the NCAA Women's Elite Eight and Final Four. We have the names you need to know, and ACC officials dominate voting among our coaches This year, I’ve been out recovering from an ACL injury and because of that, I’ve been doing work differently this year, primarily in the replay center, and I’ve been forced to take a step back. Sago: "A lot of my friends are like, ‘you’re a pioneer’. Billy Yates says. Product Details Approved NCAA Women's Zip Front Jacket Front Pockets Stand Up Collar Banded Waistband Matching Knit Collar & Cuffs Men's and Women's sizes available Fabric & Care ... Smitty NCAA Women's Basketball Referee Jacket. With the NCAA, Kantner has refereed for various Final Four and championship games in women's basketball. Made from a lightweight Polyester / Spa For female basketball referees, men’s college basketball may be the bleakest of frontiers. Referee data is available for the 1988-89 through 2020-21 seasons. His work has appeared on Bleacher Report, MLB.com, AJC.com, SB Nation and FoxSports.com and in publications like The Advocate and Lindy's Sports. I have such a great respect and admiration for the PSAC, and I’m so proud to be a PSAC alum. I remember my first game back in the PSAC was at West Chester, and they were a pretty big rival when I was there. It was a really interesting transition. ... other than names. Log in to Reply. The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NCAA or its member institutions. What was even cooler was about five girls from the G-League, including Natalie, all five flew down to be at my game. Moyer-Gleich: “I was fortunate that when I started refereeing in the PSAC a lot of the coaches were still there and knew me. It starts with Lauren Holtkamp — the first to arrive of the three — making her way to the NBA in 2014. You got to have tough skin and get through it. Penny Davis has been named the NCAA’s national coordinator of women’s basketball officiating, bringing with her over 22 years of officiating experience gathered at all levels of the game. Happy National Girls & Women in Sports Day! Sago: "My family is only three-and-a-half hours from Memphis and got to be there. Oddly enough, where Sago shined was on the softball diamond, but she has no problem admitting basketball was always her first love. I couldn’t look too long; I knew I was going to get emotional. New York State Women’s Collegiate Athletic Association. It’s so fun. Moyer-Gleich: "As I was going through the journey, I didn’t think that I was doing anything that was trailblazing. Holtkamp: "The pace of the season, there aren’t a lot of opportunities to sit back and take stock of the big picture. 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Though the height of the basket, the foul line's distance from the backboard, and the court dimensions are the same, the distance between the three-point line and the backboard is … Women’s Basketball Scorebook Contemporary Format with Scoring Space for 40 Games/Official Scoring Rules and Instructions for Scoring Produced and Distributed by NCAA PUBLISHING P.O. “I can remember one of the first plays that I was like, ‘I wish I had that whistle back.’ LeBron James had a play to the basket and I was the lead. For Sago and Moyer-Gleich in particular, the road traveled has been made more special by the fact that they've climbed the ladder and faced the same challenges together. © 2021 NCAA | Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Stanford's Tara VanDerveer reflects on her career after her record-breaking 1,099th win as a head coach, How the DII women's basketball championship works. By the time she left Drury, the Panthers went from a new program to the national championship game in 2004. The road to the NBA was a similar one. Women's College Basketball News Coppin State Lady Eagles vs Howard Lady Bison February 20 Preview, Game Time, Matchup Statistics Ball State Cardinals vs … “I had no idea what I was doing.”, Ashley Moyer-Gleich (Millersville) follows the footsteps of former #NCAAD2 student-athletes Lauren Holtkamp (Drury) and Violet Palmer (Cal Poly Pomona, retired) as female NBA referees: https://t.co/bTC7msxmGf.#D2Hoops / #MakeItYours pic.twitter.com/1qtR0zsZh2. Veteran referee Joe Vaszily went back and … While Moyer-Gleich, Sago, and Holtkamp have become friends sharing the spotlight, they have also become pioneers. “I didn’t even have my first whistle six minutes into the game. 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