| Lauren Holtkamp-Sterling | |
| Birth Date: | 24 November 1980[1] |
| Birth Place: | Jefferson City, Missouri |
| Occupation: | NBA referee |
| Children: | 1 |
Lauren Holtkamp (born November 24, 1980) is a professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA), wearing number 7. Holtkamp became the third woman to be a full-time NBA referee.[2] Holtkamp also played college basketball at Drury University from 2000 to 2004.[3] 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.[4] She also graduated from Drury University with both a Master of Arts in Communication and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration.[5] In June 2017, Holtkamp married NBA referee Jonathan Sterling.[6] [7] In 2019, Holtkamp gave birth to their daughter.[8]
Source[9]
| 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 |