After yelling at referees for years when watching my kids play football I never thought I would join the team. It is one of the best things I have done. You meet amazing people and have a blast participating in the sport that we all love.

My first two years of officiating have been amazing. I chose to officiate football because I have always wanted to work in the sports field, but was never meant to be a professional athlete or coach; and I hated the idea of working in media or sports medicine. I enjoy the camaraderie that is found with my fellow officials in SFOA. I have not found one person who is unapproachable and unwilling to bounce questions off of. I plan to continue working for SFOA, with the goal of ultimately officiating college football in the future.

After the first couple of games I felt I had become apart of a bigger family and developed relationships with fellow officials who shared my same passion. Being an official allowed me the opportunity to learn the game from a whole new level, and develop a new found respect for football that I did not have before. As a guardian of the game I feel as though I am someone whom people can look up to and admire for being in the trenches with the athletes.