FAYETTEVILLE – Razorback sophomores Gerardo Gomez and Erich Fortlage were voted second team All-SEC by the league’s coaches.
They are the 27th and 28th Razorbacks to earn and a total of 45 All-SEC honors. The duo is the 13 and 14th players to earn All-SEC in the 20-year Brad McMakin era, which has produced a total of 23 honors.
Gomez and Fortlage share the team lead in scoring average at 70.67, which is currently tied for fourth on the school’s single-season list. Ironically, the two had the same scoring average last year as well, at 72.63. They have helped Arkansas to a historically best season as the Razorbacks earned their first NCAA #1 seed at a Regional and have a team scoring average of 280.27, which is nearly three strokes better than the current program record of 22.97 in 2023-24.
Gomez:
• ranks 12th among SEC players and 35th nationally.
• jumped from 137 in the NCAA rankings in late February to his current rank of 28.
• has a team-best four top-5 finishes.
• has a team-best 12 rounds in the 60’s (of his 27 rounds played).
• enters this NCAA postseason with a streak of 9-straight rounds below par (67-69-64-68-71-71-69-69-68).
• tied for the team lead (with Fortlage) by being the team’s low man for a round 10 times and being the low man for a tournament four times.
Fortlage:
• ranks 16th among SEC players and 28th nationally.
• was 190th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings to start the 2025-26 season and now ranks 80th.
• has a team-best five top-5 finishes and a team-best seven top-20 finishes.
• has a team-best 23 rounds at par or better (of his 30 rounds played). The Arkansas single-season record for most rounds at par or better in a season is 24, held by Jacob Skov Olesen (2023-24) and Craig Lile (199-00).
• tied for the team lead (with Gomez) by being the team’s low man for a round 10 times and being the low man for a tournament four times.
2026 SEC HONORS
FIRST TEAM ALL-SEC
Jackson Koivun, Auburn
Ryder Cowan, Oklahoma
Tom Fischer, Ole Miss
William Jennings, Alabama
Christiaan Maas, Texas
Jack Turner, Florida
Frankie Harris, South Carolina
Wells Williams, Vanderbilt
Josiah Gilbert, Auburn
Jase Summy, Oklahoma
SECOND TEAM ALL-SEC
Gerardo Gomez, Arkansas
Luke Potter, Texas
Daniel Bennett, Texas
Luke Poulter, Florida
Lance Simpson, Tennessee
Erich Fortlage, Arkansas
Cayden Pope, Auburn
Jake Albert, Auburn
Matthew Kress, Florida
Cameron Tankersley, Ole Miss
Tommy Morrison, Texas
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Jake Albert, Auburn
Logan Reilly, Auburn
Shiv Parmar, Texas A&M
Jon Ed Steed, Vanderbilt
Dan Hayes, LSU
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Jackson Koivun, Auburn
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Jake Albert, Auburn
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Matt Comegys, Texas
SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Wells Williams, Vanderbilt
COACH OF THE YEAR
Chris Malloy, Ole Miss
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