A promising basketball career interrupted by a breast cancer diagnosis and a teacher-turned-rugby league coach who wanted more for her small community. We shine the spotlight on women making a big impact in sport, on and off the field.
is one of the top goalkeepers in the A-League Women competition, but she's battled some pretty tough stuff on the way.
"The world comes at you sometimes and you've just got to know that you're more important than the bad things," Whyman said."My heritage is very important to me, my pop was a big leader in pushing a lot of things in Wagga in terms of the Aboriginal legal service and the Aboriginal medical service, my nan as well," Whyman said.
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