Cortland senior outfielder Fabio Ricci (Hawthorne/Westlake) and senior pitcher Tanner Whiteman (Cazenovia) have been named the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Baseball Player of the Week and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for the opening two weeks of the 2016 season. The first league weekly honors were awarded based on all player stats through February 28.

Ricci batted .579 (11-for-19) with two walks, two doubles, two steals and six runs scored as top-ranked Cortland opened the season with six straight wins. He went a combined 7-for-9 in two wins at fourth-ranked Salisbury; 4-for-5 with a double and two runs in an 8-4 win and 3-for-4 with a double, RBI, walk and two runs in a 27-13 victory. Ricci also was 2-for-2 with two runs in a 4-0 win over Lynchburg and 2-for-4 with a steal in a win versus Neumann during the Methodist Invitational.

Whiteman has opened the season with a 2-0 record. He picked up a win in relief with one hitless inning and two strikeouts at fourth-ranked Salisbury, and threw six shutout innings in a 4-0 win over Lynchburg at the Methodist Invitational. A transfer from Division I Maryland-Eastern Shore, Whiteman allowed only two hits, struck out seven and walked three in the victory over the Hornets.

Cortland will play games at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore on Saturday, March 5 and Sunday, March 6, both at 1 p.m.