Pronounced: “Erik” Fort-lah-Gee
» 2026 Golfweek All-American (Honorable Mention)
» 2026 PING/GCAA All-Central Region
» 2026 All-SEC (2nd Team)
• Through two seasons at Arkansas, his 71.704 career scoring average ranks 4th on the UA all-time list and his 9 eagles tie for 8th on the UA all-time list.
Sophomore (2025-26):
» Golfweek All-American (Honorable Mention)
» PING/GCAA All-Central Region
» All-SEC (2nd Team)
» Set UA season record with 26 Rds at par or better
The only Razorback to play all 36 rounds and ranked second on the team in scoring average (70.81), which ranks sixth on the UA seasonal list … Named Golfweek honorable mention All-American, PING/GCAA All-Central Region and second team All-SEC … Was on the Haskins Award spring watch list … Set a UA Season record with 26 Rds at Par or Better … His 13 Rds in the 60s ties for 3rd on the UA season list … Tied for the team lead with four top-5 finishes, being the low man for a round 13 times and being the low man for an event five times … Led the team with six top-10 finishes, seven top-15 finishes and eight top-20 finishes while his 69.5 third-round scoring average was best on the team .. His four eagles and 128 birdies led the team … Led the team at the Carmel Cup (T-6), the win at the Watersound Invitational (T-7) and the win at the All-American Intercollegiate (2) while helping the Hogs win the Blessings Collegiate Invitational (T-3)… Also led the team at the NCAA Corvallis regional (T-6) and tied for the team lead in the team’s runner-up finish at the Cabo Collegiate (T-4 with Gerardo Gomez).
Freshman (2024-25):
» SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
» SEC Freshman of the Week (2/12)
Played in all 12 events, 11 in the lineup and one as an individual … Posted a season stroke average of 72.63 … Led the team in rounds of par or better (14) and rounds in the 60’s (8) … Tied for the team lead with 102 birdies and his five eagles not only led the team but ranked T-7th on the school’s single-season list … Was tabbed SEC Freshman of the Week when he won the Palmas del Mar Collegiate (67-70-69) with a 10-under 206 with season highs in Eagles (2) and birdies (13) … In the one event he played as an individual, tied for fifth at the Blessings Collegiate (75-70-72) … Added a 10th-place finish at the Columbia Spring Invitational (74-72).
Non-Team Success While at Arkansas:
• Played in four Latin America Amateur Championships and has four top-15 finishes (T-12 in 2023; T-15 in 2024; T-6 in 2025 and T03 in 2026).
• Has two top-10 finishes at the South America Amateur Championship (T-3 in 2005 and T-9 in 2026).
• Placed 4th at the 2024 Mexico National Amateur Championship.
Prior to Arkansas:
• Won his U.S. Amateur Qualifier with a 67 at Ohio State’s Scarlet Course.
• Part of the #4 recruiting class in the nation• Top-ranked amateur from Paraguay, #10 in South America and #288 in the world by WAGR (Through July 2024)
• #22 on the GOLF Channel list of top 40 signees for the Class of 2024-25
• In 2024, was 4th at the Mexico National Amateur 4th (69-74-72-69=284 / -4) … Tied for 11th at the Nico Open (74-72-78) – named of #ProHog Nicolas Echavarria … Tied or 15th at the Latin America Amateur Championship … Tied for 24th at the South America Amateur (76-75-69-71)
• In 2023, tied for 12th at the 2023 Latin America Amateur Championship (74-68-70-69) … Won the Nico Open (67-70-71) … Represented Paraguay at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, with teammate Fabrizio Zanotti, who won the 2019 PanAm Games … Finished 23rd (73-70-73-74) and played against the likes of Joaquin Niemann (Chile), Abraham Acer and Carlos Ortiz (Mexico), Sebastian Munoz (Colombia) and Dylan Menante (USA) … Finished T11 (70-72-72) at the AJGA Mayakoba Invitational (April 2023) and T25 (72-71-73-72) at the Toyota Junior World Cup
• In 50 events played from 2022-23, had 12 wins – including six in 2023 – and 35 top 10 finishes
• In 2023, played in five all-age Paraguay National Open tournaments … Won one (#6 in August; 71-68-71), was runner-up once (#2 in March; 77-69-69) and added three top 10 finishes (third, fourth and eighth).
• In 2022, Was T33 at the US Junior Amateur to reach match play … Played in five all-age Paraguay National Open tournaments … Finished in the top 10 each time with two wins … #6 in September (76-69-76) and #3 in June (76-71-72).
