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This isn’t Conti’s first Division I game, however. Last season, she worked a game between Kansas and Southeast Missouri State, becoming the first female official to work a game involving a Big 12 team.
Conti also made female officiating history with the Mountain West in 2011 and was on the field for a key matchup between Hawaii and USC in 2013.
Sarah Thomas became the first female official to work a game involving a Division I team in 2007 when Memphis and Jacksonville State squared off. Thomas is now the NFL’s first full-time female official.
