Career
She most recently played in the Scottish Women"s Premier League for Hibernian Ladies, having previously represented Spartans and Glasgow City. City manager Peter Caulfield called McWhinnie "the best striker playing in Scotland, with national Number.1 Julie Fleeting at Arsenal." After scoring 72 goals in 36 appearances for Glasgow City, McWhinnie signed for Champions Hibernian in summer 2004. In January 1997 15–year–old McWhinnie was part of a youthful Scotland national team squad who toured Brazil.
Suffering 5–0, 6–0 and 7–1 defeats to their hosts.
She was reportedly offered a professional contract to play club football in Brazil. McWhinnie and Julie Fleeting scored Scotland"s goals in an 8–2 friendly defeat to United States before 6,295 fans in Columbus, Ohio on 8 September 2002.