Kate Burrell '01, who played basketball for four years under Head Coach Mike McDevitt ’83 at Saint Joseph’s College, now works as an NCAA Women's Basketball official out of Charlotte, North Carolina.

During her playing career, Burrell tallied 334 points, 188 rebounds, 115 assists and 76 steals in 91 contests and St. Joe's posted a 77-27 (.740) record with a 35-11 (.761) mark in Maine Athletic Conference (MAC) play over her four years. She averaged 5.1 points and led the team in assists (70) and assists per game (2.9) as a freshman.

Name:  Kate Burrell 

Sport played:  Basketball

Position: Guard

Hometown/High School: Burlington, Vermont/Rice

Years played:  1998-2001

Year graduated:  2001 

Academic Major:  Sports Management 

Current address: Charlotte, North Carolina

Please share some of your favorite SJC memories - on and off the field:

Now that I am a basketball referee, one of my favorite memories of Coach McDevitt was when the referee made a bad call in one of our games and the ball bounced over toward our bench...Coach proceeded to pick up the ball and when the referee asked for the ball back he kept turning away and would not give it back until the referee answered his question!!!! 

Notable performances as an SJC athlete:

We won the MAC Championships my junior and senior seasons. 

Where do you work?

I have been an NCAA Basketball official for six years now and I absolutely love it. I currently work for nine conferences at the Division I, II, and III levels. Last summer I passed my USA Basketball/FIBA Basketball certification. I am constantly working hard on and off the court to become a better official. 

What do you do for fun?

I love spending as much time with my family as I can. They live in Vermont so I get home to see them about once a month. I enjoy hiking, laughing, playing and helping others :) 

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