Che Flores

Che Flores (born July 18, 1979) is an American referee in the National Basketball Association who wears uniform number 91. They are the first official to work National Collegiate Athletic Association, NBA G League, and Women's National Basketball Association championship games in the same year, and the first out non-binary transgender official in a major North American professional sports league.

Early life Che Flores was born July 18, 1979 in Los Angeles, California. They played basketball at Bellarmine-Jefferson High School, winning a state title their senior year. They played basketball at a junior college before transferring to the Cal State Northridge Matadors women's basketball program. They received a full athletic scholarship to Cal State and served as the team captain. They came out as lesbian to their family at age 19, but "that word never felt right with" them. Flores uses they/them pronouns.