At the age of 14, he represented the country internationally for the first time, and in 2002 he played for Fiji at the Oceania Youth Tournament in Tonga.

[3] After serving a two-year Mormon mission with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Whippy joined the BYU–Hawaii Seasiders men's basketball team for the 2007–08 season.

[1] He improved further as a senior in 2010–11 as he earned the Pacific West Player of the Year award and finished his four-year career at BYU–Hawaii with a school-record of 245 steals.

Whippy returned to Australia in June 2013 and joined the Northside Wizards of the Queensland Basketball League.

[13] After Católica was knocked out of the playoffs with a 2–1 semi-final series loss to CD Liceo Mixto, Whippy departed Chile in December 2013.

[15][16] After debuting with 17 rebounds against the Southland Sharks, a ruptured Achilles suffered at training ruled him out for the rest of the season.

[25] The Rams finished the regular season in fourth place with a 10–8 record,[26] and lost in the semi-finals to the Wellington Saints.

[28] However, he was re-classed as an import under new league rules, where Oceania players are no longer permitted to play as locals.

[38] Both Jared and Joshua are on rugby scholarships in the United States at Brigham Young University (BYU).