If you’re a baseball fan, you know the last name Dunston as it’s the last name of 2x MLB All-Star and 18-year MLB veteran Shawon Dunston.
But it’s also the last name of his daughter Jasmine, and she’s just as impressive as her major-league father.
Jasmine, 31, played softball at HBCU university Tennessee State and was always around the game due to her father. When he was a coach with the San Francisco Giants between 2009 – 2019, Jasmine was attending law school at John F. Kennedy University in California and got to celebrate the Giants’ three World Series titles with her father.
Their love of the game elevated both of the Dunstons, Shawon in the pros and Jasmine in baseball’s executive suite, where she’s now the Director of Minor League Operations for the Chicago White Sox.
It’s news that brought tears to her father’s eyes.
“He cried like a baby, oh my goodness,” said Jasmine to the Chicago Sun-Times. “I had to repeat the title to him like five times. He was so shocked and stunned because people in baseball don’t get a director role after one year. So he was just proud.”
Jasmine Dunston’s rise up the ranks was well earned and well deserved.
She has a masters degree in sports administration from Valparaiso, interned at All Pro Sports & Entertainment in Denver, was a law clerk for the Las Vegas Raiders and was a specialist in player development with the Reds one year ago.
A resume like that comes with drive, motivation and talent, and that’s just what she has and what the White Sox saw when they first met with her.
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