# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lauren-holtkamp
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:12:43.480Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lauren-holtkamp"
name: "Lauren Holtkamp"
slug: "lauren-holtkamp"
description: "Lauren Holtkamp 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."
tagline: "American basketball referee"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lauren_Holtkamp_(15316492703)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1980-11-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.56
  momentum:             9.92594413847364
  historical:           5.491326666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/lholtkamp1/"
    handle:    "lholtkamp1"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Holtkamp"
    title: "Lauren Holtkamp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE"
    title: "لاورين هولتكامپ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Holtkamp-Sterling"
    title: "Lauren Holtkamp-Sterling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Holtkamp"
    title: "Lauren Holtkamp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Holtkamp-Sterling"
    title: "Lauren Holtkamp-Sterling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Holtkamp"
    title: "Lauren Holtkamp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30406875"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump