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American basketball referee
Lauren Holtkamp-Sterling
Born (1980-11-24) November 24, 1980 (age 44)
Jefferson City, Missouri
Nationality United States
OccupationNBA referee
Spouse Jonathan Sterling
​ ​(m. 2017)​
Children1

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. Holtkamp also played college basketball at Drury University from 2000 to 2004. Holtkamp previously refereed the last five NBA Development League seasons before becoming a full-time referee for the 2014–15 NBA season. Holtkamp officiated four seasons in the WNBA including the WNBA 2014 conference finals. Holtkamp graduated from Emory University with a Master of Divinity. She also graduated from Drury University with both a Master of Arts in Communication and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. In June 2017, Holtkamp married NBA referee Jonathan Sterling. In 2019, Holtkamp gave birth to their daughter.

On October 24, 2024, Holtkamp retired as an NBA referee, citing knee issues.

Drury statistics

Source

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2000-01 Drury 14 21 26.7% 0.0% 62.5% 1.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 1.5
2001-02 Drury 24 87 48.5% 0.0% 77.8% 2.9 0.5 0.2 0.1 3.6
2002-03 Drury 29 136 35.7% 0.0% 83.0% 4.5 1.4 0.6 0.1 4.7
2003-04 Drury 31 89 46.7% 0.0% 61.3% 2.4 0.6 0.2 0.0 2.9
Career 98 333 40.4% 0.0% 74.8% 3.0 0.8 0.3 0.1 3.4

References

  1. "Holtkamp's Profile". basketball-reference.com.
  2. "Former Lady Panther Lauren Holtkamp Featured In USA TODAY Story As NBA's Third Full-Time Female Referee". drurypanthers.com.
  3. "Former Drury basketball player Lauren Holtkamp finds calling as NBA referee". ncaa.com. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  4. "Basketball – Five Minutes with Lauren Holtkamp Holtkamp's transition from D-League to NBA". referee.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06.
  5. "Biography of Lauren Holtkamp". nbra.net. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10.
  6. "The 2017-2018 season marks a first for the NBA officials - the 1st season featuring a married couple: Lauren Holtkamp and Jonathan Sterling". twitter.com.
  7. "Married NBA refs Lauren Holtkamp and Jonathan Sterling". usatoday.com. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  8. "Married NBA refs working to make the right calls at home in Tampa". tampabay.com.
  9. "NBA referee Lauren Holtkamp-Sterling announces retirement, citing knee issues". nba.com. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  10. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-03.

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