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Fayetteville native transferring to Razorbacks

( Thomas Metthe)

Luke Long of Fayetteville directs his putt on the 13th green during the first round of the Southern Amateur Championship on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at Chenal Country Club in Little Rock.

FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas has signed former Fayetteville High standout and University of Houston graduate transfer Luke Long, Coach Brad McMakin announced on Thursday.

Long, who gradated from Houston in Spring 2021 with a degree in economics, earned PING All-Central Region honors and helped the Cougars to the NCAA Kingston Springs (Tenn.) Regional.

He was the Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year at SIU-Edwardsville in 2016-17, and was an All-Southern Conference selection at Chattanooga after the 2017-18 season.