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Drury Alum Part Of NBA Officiating History Monday Night Posted By: Parker Padgett January 25, 2021 @ 2:30 pm Local News, News, Sports, State
History will be made Monday night as two women with officiate the same NBA game and one has local ties.
Natalie Sago and Jenna Schroeder will become the first female duo to officiate the same NBA game
They will be working the Hornets-Magic tonight. pic.twitter.com/aOy2n9Bibd
Natalie Sago (photo on the left) played softball for Drury University but started officiating full time in professional basketball in 2018.
Sago and the other referee, Jennifer Schroder will be officials for the Charlotte Hornets and Orlando Magic game this evening.
NBA Announces For the First Time Two Female Referees Will Officiate the Same Game
The NBA is gearing up for another historic night as for the first time two women will officiate a game at the same time. NBA referees Natalie Sago and Jenna Schroeder will officiate the game between the Charlotte Hornets vs. Orlando Magic.
Natalie Sago is in her third season as an official. Coming into this campaign, she officiated 63 games and previously officiated four seasons in the NBA G League and three seasons in the WNBA.
Jenna Schroeder is in her second season as an official. In her rookie campaign, she refereed 27 games. She also has experience in the NBA G League for three reasons and another two in the WNBA.
And Monday was that day.
Natalie Sago and Jenna Schroeder made up two-thirds of the crew assigned to the Charlotte at Orlando game, the first time in NBA history that two women were assigned to work a regular-season contest together. Sean Wright was picked to be crew chief, Sago the referee and Schroeder the umpire.
Sago and Schroeder have worked games together before; they were part of three-woman crews in the G League. But at the NBA level, it’s a first and it’s a game they’ve been looking forward to since they saw it on the internally distributed schedule a month ago. The crews for games are not announced publicly until 9 a.m. Eastern on game days.