Dakota Whyte's guest appearances

Dakota Whyte

Court-side moms

Yonge and Dundas

Kyle Anderson

Andre Iguodala

Kyle Lowry

Frank Jackson

Cole Anthony

Spencer Dinwiddie

Patrick Williams

Damian Lillard

Christina Ma

Suzanne Anderson

Damion Lee

Malik Beasley

Gary Harris

Myles Turner

Trevor Ariza

OwlTail

About Dakota Whyte: Dakota Whyte is a Retail Brand Manager at Nike Canada, and she is currently pursuing an MBA at Ryerson University, with a focus in Sport Business. Dakota is a former 7-year Canadian National Team member and played professional women’s basketball in Europe, specifically in Greece in the A1 Ethniki Women’s tier and Sweden in the European Cup League. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on a Division I basketball scholarship. Dakota has an extreme passion for community and serving marginalized groups and has been a women’s basketball mentor in the City of Toronto since 2010. Through this passion, she currently serves on Pascal Siakam’s PS43 Foundation Canada team.  Connect with Dakota: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ddkwy/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dakota-whyte/   Connect With The Yonge and Dundas Team Nadia Barbosa (Host): nadia.barbosa@ryerson.ca  Roshan Sahu (Executive Producer): roshan.d.sahu@ryerson.ca   Website: https://www.yongedundaspodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yongedundaspodcast/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/yongedundaspodcast  Copyright Nadia Barbosa 2021. All Rights Reserved.

About Dakota Whyte: Dakota Whyte is a Retail Brand Manager at Nike Canada, and she is currently pursuing an MBA at Ryerson University, with a focus in Sport Business. Dakota is a former 7-year Canadian National Team member and played professional women’s basketball in Europe, specifically in Greece in the A1 Ethniki Women’s tier and Sweden in the European Cup League. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on a Division I basketball scholarship. Dakota has an extreme passion for community and serving marginalized groups and has been a women’s basketball mentor in the City of Toronto since 2010. Through this passion, she currently serves on Pascal Siakam’s PS43 Foundation Canada team. Connect with Dakota: Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ddkwy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/ddkwy/</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dakota-whyte/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/dakota-whyte/</a> Connect With The Yonge and Dundas Team Nadia Barbosa (Host): nadia.barbosa@ryerson.ca  Roshan Sahu (Executive Producer): roshan.d.sahu@ryerson.ca   Website: <a href="https://www.yongedundaspodcast.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.yongedundaspodcast.com/</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/yongedundaspodcast/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/yongedundaspodcast/</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/yongedundaspodcast" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/yongedundaspodcast</a> Copyright Nadia Barbosa 2021. All Rights Reserved.

S4E1 - Dakota Whyte: Sport, Perseverance, and Community Building

Leisa Washington

Leisa Washington, shares what it’s like to be a female agent in the male dominated world of professional basketball.  Leisa,  Canada’s first NBA/WNBA player agent talks about the adversity she faces and the fine line she walks, striving to be true to herself and prove she is an equal in a playing field dominated by men.  She shares her insights into what it takes to succeed in such an environment, the importance of authenticity and how the agency she serves as Vice President of, Serving Athletes with Integrity Sports Management, helps their clients reach their potential both on and off the court.    While Leisa entered into this journey to become a WNBA agent, because of her daughter Dakota’s talent on the court, she explores with host Wendy Sparks, how her goals have grown and evolved  and how she has become a champion for increased equality and equity for women in sports. 

Leisa Washington, shares what it’s like to be a female agent in the male dominated world of professional basketball.  Leisa,  Canada’s first NBA/WNBA player agent talks about the adversity she faces and the fine line she walks, striving to be true to herself and prove she is an equal in a playing field dominated by men.  She shares her insights into what it takes to succeed in such an environment, the importance of authenticity and how the agency she serves as Vice President of, Serving Athletes with Integrity Sports Management, helps their clients reach their potential both on and off the court.    While Leisa entered into this journey to become a WNBA agent, because of her daughter Dakota’s talent on the court, she explores with host Wendy Sparks, how her goals have grown and evolved  and how she has become a champion for increased equality and equity for women in sports.

Dakota Whyte's mom Leisa Washington