Cortland junior outfielder Conrad Ziemendorf (Penfield/Webster Schroeder) and junior pitcher Brandon Serio (Bedford Hills/Fox Lane) have been chosen as the top baseball player and pitcher in the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) for the 2015 season, while head coach Joe Brown was named the league's top coach.

Ziemendorf was selected as the Bob Wallace Player of the Year, Serio was chosen as the Don Axtell Pitcher of the Year, and Brown was tabbed as the Walter Nitardy Coach of the Year in a vote of the league's coaches. The Player of the Year award has been named after long-time Cortland standout head coach Robert H. "Sparky" Wallace since the early 2000's. Wallace passed away last December.

Ziemendorf and Serio are two of 10 Cortland players to earn All-SUNYAC recognition. They are joined on the all-league first team by junior second baseman Connor Griffin (Cortland), senior shortstop Anthony Simon (Suffern/Don Bosco Prep (NJ)), senior outfielder Donny Castaldo (Mount Kisco/Fox Lane) and  senior designated hitter Vinny Bomasuto (Dunkirk). Sophomore third baseman Matthew Michalski (Buffalo/St. Francis), junior starting pitcher Alex Weingarten (East Rockaway/Lynbrook) and junior relief pitcher Travis Laitar (Fergus, ON/Centre Wellington) were second-team honorees, and senior pitcher Brandon McClain (Coram/Longwood) was an at-large selection.

Last season, Castaldo, Bomasuto and McClain were first-team choices, Ziemendorf was on the second team and Serio was an at-large choice. McClain was also second team and Serio Rookie of the Year in 2013.

Ziemendorf batted .400 with two homers and 20 RBI in 17 league games this spring. He also recorded six doubles, two triples, 10 runs scored and 10 walks. Ziemendorf led Cortland in league play with a .691 slugging percentage.

Serio won all five of his starts during SUNYAC play this spring. He recorded an 0.58 ERA and allowed 21 hits, four walks and eight runs, two earned, in 31 innings pitched. He struck out 22 batters and held opponents to a .191 batting average.

Griffin played in 14 league games, 10 as a starter, and hit .359 with a double, nine RBI and eight runs scored. He walked five times and made only one error in 46 fielding chances. Simon hit .371 with two doubles, five walks, 12 RBI and 10 runs in 18 league games. Castaldo batted .397 with six doubles, a triple, a homer, 12 RBI, eight walks and a team-high 25 runs scored in 18 league appearances. He also led Cortland with nine stolen bases during that span. Bomasuto hit .304 with a homer, two triples, three doubles, 13 RBI and 21 runs in 18 SUNYAC contests.

Michalski appeared in 16 SUNYAC games, 15 as a starter, and hit .396 with two doubles, nine RBI, six walks and 16 runs scored. Weingarten finished 3-1 in league play with a 1.17 ERA in four starts. He allowed only 16 hits and two wlaks and fanned 20 batters in 23 innings. Laitar notched two league saves and finished with a 1.54 ERA in six relief appearances. He gave up only four hits and four walks and struck out 14 in 11 and two thirds innings. McClain finished 3-0 with a 2.59 ERA in four league starts. In 24 and a third innings he allowed 18 hits and eight walks and fanned 19 batters.

Brown earned SUNYAC Coach of the Year honors for the fifth time overall and first since 2008. He led the Red Dragons to a 17-1 SUNYAC regular-season mark and the league's postseason tournament crown. Brown's Red Dragon squads have won 14 SUNYAC titles in his 16 years as head coach.

Cortland (36-4) will host an NCAA Div. III regional starting May 13 at Falcon Park in Auburn. The Red Dragons will be making their 23rd NCAA tournament appearance, the longest active streak nationally in Div. III. NCAA pairings will be announced May 11.