When did you try to move up, JV and Varsity?

[jeschmit]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

You have to control what you can control. Eventually, someone will notice you.

I feel I am the epitome of that statement.

I began officiating at the age of 18 while in college for beer money. I worked intramural basketball for two years, and I was then told to get licensed by the IHSA. I worked for two years on the JV circuit (I think I've worked 5-10 youth/JV games total), and I was then told to go to a NCAA-W camp by a varsity official who saw me work a BJV game. In my third season (fifth of officiating) I was hired in three NCAA-W conferences, and I now work a full NCAA-W schedule with about 15 BV HS contests in my seventh year of officiating.

Not once in my career have I moved up to my own accord. Each time I was noticed and told to move up by veteran officials. YMMV