General: Earned honorable mention All-America honors by the American Junior Golf Association in early November following a 2022 year in which he captured one tournament victory and a pair of runner-up finishes in junior golf events … Rose as high as No. 31 in the Rolex AJGA Boys Rankings, No. 14 overall in the Junior Golf Scoreboard, and No. 27 in the Golfweek Boys Rankings (all classes) … Enjoys hunting and playing other sports with friends … Started playing golf with his father at age 5 … Enrolled in business administration
2023-24: Tournament Results
No. 188 nationally in the Scoreboard NCAA Golf rankings … Played in 10 events, and has been a part of the Tech lineup for every spring tournament … Top finish this spring has been a tie for 14th at the Watersound Invitational (212, -4) … Finished 23rd at the RE Lamkin Invitational (214, -2) and 29th at the Linger Longer Invitational (215, -1) … Tied for 30th at the ACC Championship (218, +5) … Won the stroke play round of the East Lake Cup with a 4-under-par 68 in the fall, and tied for 30th at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational 143, +3) … Compiled a 72.63 stroke average over 27 stroke play rounds
2023 Amateur Results: Tied for 52nd at the Azalea Invitational (294, +10)
Junior Golf: Became the first golfer ever to win the Louisiana Junior Amateur Championship three consecutive years (2021, 2022, 2023) … Advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2023 Polo Junior Golf Classic after winning two of his three matches in pool play … In six junior golf events in 2022, notched runner-up finishes at the Stewart Cink Championship in Birmingham, Ala., and the 50th Southern Junior Championship in Charleston, S.C. … Also tied for 15th at The PING Invitational in Stillwater, Okla., 16th at the Sam Burns at The Landings Club in Savannah, Ga., and 24th at the Insperity Invitational/Patrick Reed AJGA Junior Championship at The Woodlands, Texas … Qualified to play in the 2022 U.S. Amateur championship as the medalist at his qualifier in Shreveport, La.
High School: Four-time all-state and all-district honoree who helped Ascension Episcopal High School to five consecutive state Division III titles (2019-23) … Ascension won the 2023 title by 35 strokes … Finished third individually in 2021 and 2022 and runner-up in 2023 (11-under-par 133) … Made the Ascension honor roll and was a member of the National Honor Society
Coach Heppler on Fontenot: “I’m really excited to have Kale join our program. A year ago, at the beginning of the summer at a big AJGA event, he stood out to us from the beginning when we saw him. He’s physically gifted and has great rhythm in his swing. He got along really well with our guys on his official visit, and they felt like he was one of the most mature kids that had visited. He committed soon after that, and he’s done nothing but get better. His play in the bigger junior events has really improved.”
