article_snippet.sent: the NBA the NBA hired another female ref, Lauren Holtkamp, last year.
article_snippet.sent: Female refs are common in the WNBA.
article_snippet.sent: The long time referee has also consistently officiated women's college basketball.
article_snippet.sent: Lauren Holtkamp, the NBA .
article_snippet.sent: Female NBA ref Laura Holtkamp, who  is completing Kantner first season in the NBA this year, discusses a call with Denver Nuggets player Ty Lawson in November .
article_snippet.sent: Laura Holtkamp, 34, became the NBA's third female referee in 2014 after .