About Simone Jelks
Born 1986. Simone Jelks is an American basketball official, basketball player and NBA.
Simone Marie Jelks (born March 9, 1986) is an American professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA), wearing number 81. Jelks became the seventh woman to be a full-time NBA referee. As of the 2020–21 NBA season Jelks has officiated 49 regular-season games, including 16 regular-season games as a non-staff official during the 2019–20 NBA season. She is in her second season as an NBA referee.
Early life Jelks was born on March 9, 1986, in Cleveland, Ohio. In 2004, she graduated from Charles F. Brush High School in Lyndhurst, Ohio. Jelks along with Andy Nagy and Suyash Mehta were promoted to the NBA officiating staff on December 23, 2020.
During the 2020-21 NBA season Jelks officiated 33 regular-season games during her first season on the NBA officiating staff.
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Who is Simone Jelks?
American basketball referee
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Simone Jelks was born on 9 March 1986 in Cleveland.
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Simone Jelks is a basketball official, basketball player and NBA.
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Simone Jelks is American.
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