Connie Perkins started officiating at the age of 16 for Kennewick Parks & Recreation Youth Basketball. While attending the University of Puget Sound, she officiated all Intramural sports including basketball, flag football, softball and volleyball.
She became a member of the NCBOA (North County Basketball Officials Association) in 1985 and was quickly taken under the wing of numerous officials who assisted in mentoring her to become a good official. Connie attended her first officiating camp, on a scholarship from the NCBOA and was the only female at the camp. She was the first female assigned to officiate a boys game between El Camino and Oceanside.
She began working high school games working a number of hight school playoff game. She began officiating junior college, and moved up through the college divisions until she became a Division 1 Women’s Basketball official. Connie worked in the West Coast Conference, Western Athletic Conference, Big West and the Big Sky. During her career she has worked several Junior College playoff games including a State Championship, the 2010 Community College Tournament and Championship game, D3 and D2 several D1 conference and two appearances in the NCAA D1 national tournament in 2003 and 2005.
Brad Griffith, Basketball