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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. She also earned recognition as a member of two NCAA Division II women's championship basketball teams.
BASICS REFEREE SCHOOL. Basics is a basketball officiating training program directed by Violet Palmer and Bennie Adams and staffed by NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Officials. Violet Palmer is the current supervisor of women's basketball officials for the Big Sky, Pac-12, The Big West, West Coast and Western Athletic Conferences.
8 nov 2021 · On October 31, 1997, 33-year-old Violet Palmer becomes the first woman to officiate an NBA game.
17 nov 2016 · Palmer retired as a referee from the NBA in 2016, after dealing with a long time knee injury. Over the course of her NBA career, Palmer officiated 919 NBA games. Palmer was also the first openly gay referee in NBA history.
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12 ago 2023 · In 1997, Violet Palmer made history by becoming the first female referee in the NBA. During her career she faced sexism and discrimination. Violet tells Gill Kearsley about the anticipation...
1 ago 2023 · Violet Palmer, coordinator of women’s basketball officials for the Pac-12, West Coast, Western Athletic, Big Sky and Big West conferences, received the 2023 Gold Whistle Award on Tuesday, Aug. 1, in Riverside, Calif., during the Celebrate Officiating Gala, sponsored by Fox 40 International.
23 mar 2022 · She was the first woman to referee in the National Basketball Association, and now she’ll be honored by her alma mater. Violet Palmer, who led Cal Poly Pomona’s women’s basketball team to back-to-back NCAA Division II championships in 1985 and 1986, will receive an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters at the university’s ...
