SUNY-Old Westbury's baseball program will be represented by sophomore flamethrower, Robert Whitenack at the highly coveted 2008 Hawaii Collegiate Baseball League. Whitenack garnered the Skyline Conference Pitcher of the Year honors to cap off a standout season and will pitch for the Waikiki Surfers.

Whitenack is a resident of North Massapequa. His season was highlighted with a no-hitter and 14 strikeouts with just one walk in leading the Panthers to an 11-0 victory over Polytechnic University on April 26. Whitenack's no-hitter is the second in school history and the first since 1997. His 14 strikeouts are a single-game school record while his 67 strikeouts and 71 innings pitched are an Old Westbury single-season record.

As a freshman, Whitenack led Panthers with 43 strikeouts. One year later he was named top hurler of the Skyline Conference. Whitenack concluded the conference schedule sporting a 0.45 earned run average with a 4-1 record. Whitenack added two complete games and two shutouts in 40 innings on the mound, including 42 strikeouts, while holding the opposition to a .126 batting average.

On the season, Whitenack went 4-4 with a 2.28 earned run average with three complete games, two shut outs and one save in 71.0 innings with 67 strikeouts and held opponents to a .197 batting average.