Does being short hurt my chances of officiating at the college level?

[TriggerMN]

I might add here that if you took the average height of all the men's D-1 officials and compared it to the average height of all the women's D-1 officials (men only, for comparison sake), I'm pretty sure the average on the women's side would be shorter. If you're under 6', you'll probably have a better shot climbing the ladder in women's ball. Perhaps this is because women's players on average are shorter than men's players. I don't know, but I'm sure these statistics would pan out.