Sarah Thomas will make history again as she prepares to take the field to become the first woman to officiate an NFL playoff game on Sunday.
Thomas, who was hired as the NFL's first female referee, will officiate the NFL playoff game between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Chargers at 1.05pm.
She will be working as part of referee Ron Torbert's crew as a down judge.
Sarah Thomas will make history again as she prepares to take the field to become the first woman to officiate an NFL playoff game on Sunday as the Patriots take on the Los Angeles Chargers
She will be working as part of referee Ron Torbert's crew as a down judge
Thomas has spent the past two seasons as a down judge after starting out as a line judge.
She was named as an alternate for the matchup between the Atlanta Falcons and the Los Angeles Rams’ wild-card playoff game in 2017.
Upon becoming an NFL referee, Thomas told CBS in 2015 that 'you never expect it but when it comes, you definitely answer the call but I was just about speechless'.
She also explained why she prefers to wear her blonde locks tucked under her hat while officiating.
'To truly blend in,' Thomas said. 'If I have a ponytail, you know, then I separate myself immediately. So tucking my hair, I blend in and I'm just another official.'
The mother-of-three has seen a litany of firsts.
Sunday's NFL playoff game between the New England Patriots (right, Patriots linebacker Kyle Van Noy) and the Los Angeles Chargers will begin at 1.05pm
Sunday's winner between the Patriots and the Chargers (right, Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams) will play the Chiefs in Kansas City in the AFC conference championship game on January 20
Patriots star Tom Brady and Chargers star Philip Rivers will go head-to-head for the third time in an NFL playoff game on Sunday
Thomas, who is in her fourth year as an NFL official, was the also the first woman to officiate a major college game in 2007, the first to officiate in a Big Ten stadium and the first to officiate a bowl game in 2009.
A Brandon, Mississippi, native, Thomas played basketball at University of Mobile before beginning officiating after attending a meeting with her brother.
She reffed basketball and high school football before moving on to college.
Sunday's winner between the Patriots and the Charges will play the Chiefs in Kansas City in the AFC conference championship game on January 20.
FAMOUS WOMEN OFFICIALS IN PROFESSIONAL AMERICAN SPORTS
Violet Palmer, NBA
Violet Palmer referees a game between the Orlando Magic and the Denver Nuggets in January of this year
Violet Palmer is the longest-serving female referee in any of American sport's four major leagues.
She was first hired by the NBA in 1997 and has continued officiating men's basketball to the present day.
Palmer later continued trailblazing, becoming the first woman to ref a playoff game in 2006, between the Indiana Pacers and the New Jersey Nets.
Beyond breaking ground for her gender, she also publicly announced that she was lesbian in 2014, shortly after Jason Collins became the first NBA player to come out as gay.
Dee Kantner, NBA
Dee Kanter, was hired the same year as Violet Palmer as an NBA ref but left after several seasons. Above, Kantner stands next to North Carolina Tar Heels coach Sylvia Hatchell at a 2013 womens's NCAA game
Dee Kantner joined the NBA officiating staff the same year as Palmer, but was fired after the 2001-2002 season.
In a statement about her firing, the league said that she was 'not making sufficient progress in her own development'.
Kantner said that she was 'stunned' by her letting go and that she had been given no warning about the decision.
She worked as the supervisor of officials in the WNBA before going to the men's league, a role to which she has since returned.
The long time referee has also consistently officiated women's college basketball.
Lauren Holtkamp, NBA
Female NBA ref Laura Holtkamp, who is completing her first season in the NBA this year, discusses a call with Denver Nuggets player Ty Lawson in November
Laura Holtkamp, 34, became the NBA's third female referee in 2014 after
She played basketball at Drury University in Missouri and had plans to get a master's degree in divinity at Emory in Atlanta before being drawn to refereeing.
She soon became reffing women's college games as well as WNBA and NBA D-League matches, according to Grantland.
Her first year in the league has not been without controversy.
Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul was criticized by many for alleged sexism when he said 'this might not be for her,'after he was given a technical fowl by Holtkamp.
Pamela Postema, MLB Spring Training
Female MLB umpire Pamela Postema calls balls and strikes behind the plate at a a Kansas City Royals game in 1992
Pamela Postema was not the first woman to umpire a professional baseball game, with her first innings come five years after Bernice Gera sued Major League Baseball to preside over a minor league contest in 1972.
However, Postema became a fixture in the professional games everywhere but 'The Show' in the 1980s.
She spent seven years in Triple-A, the league directly below the majors, and even made it to spring training games in 1988 and 1989.
However, she was controversially fired in 1989 after the death of MLB commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti, who had been considered supportive of her career.
Postema filed a sex discrimination lawsuit after the firing ended her well-regarded career, which was settled out of court.
Ria Cortesio, Minor League Baseball
Ria Cortesio, pictured at a Double-A game between the Jacksonville Suns and the Montgomery Biscuits in 2007, was fired the same year
Ria Cortesio was the face of female umpiring in baseball for many years in the mid-2000s.
She spent nine years in the minor leagues, with the highest being the Double-A Southern League, according to the Houston Chronicle.
Cortesio was also the first woman since Postema to umpire an exhibition game when she worked a spring training match-up between the Chicago Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks.
She also worked the Home Run Derby at the 2006 All-Star Game in Pittsburgh.
Her umpire rating in Double-A slipped during the 2007 season and she was let go in the autumn of that year, according to ESPN.
Shannon Eastin
Shannon Eastin became the first woman to officiate a regular season NFL game in 2012. Above, she follows the Jacksonville Jaguars and Indianapolis Colts during the same month
Shannon Eastin became the first woman to officiate a regular season NFL game in 2012 when she was used as a replacement ref in the September 2012 game between the St Louis Rams and the Detroit Lions.
Regular officials were locked out by owners during a 2012 dispute, a replacement refs were used until an agreement was reached at the end of September.
She had previously officiated the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference college games and high school games before being hired by the NFL.
The Massachusetts native, 42 at the time, has not returned to the NFL since the end of the referee lockout.
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