SUNY Cortland Athletics

2024: Jack was a second team D3football.com All-Region 2 selection...Repeated as a first team All-Empire honoree...Started all 12 games during the season for Cortland...Was the leading tackler with 101 total tackles, had 36 solo tackles, 7.0 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, one forced fumble, seven quarterback hurries, and two pass breakups...Made 22 tackles, tied for the second-most in a game in program history, and added one sack and one forced fumble, against Springfield in the third round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs...Made 11 tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss, with one sack, in a win over Endicott in the second round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs...Made 10 stops and had one pass breakup and one quarterback hurry in a home victory over Morrisville...Tallied nine tackles and one quarterback hurry in a road win at Alfred...Made eight tackles with two quarterback hurries in a win over Ithaca in the 65th Cortaca Jug Game...Recorded one sack and four tackles in a road win at Hilbert.  

2023: Associated Press Division III second team All-American...D3football.com third team all-region...All-Empire 8 first team...Finished the season with a school-record 141 tackles, including 53 solo stops, 7.5 tackles for loss (two sacks), three fumble recoveries, a forced fumble and eight quarterback hurries...Finished with double-figure tackles six times, including 15 or more on four occasions...Recorded season-high 18 tackles at home versus Susquehanna...Posted 16 tackles versus Grove City in the NCAA second round and in the regular-season at St. John Fisher, 15 tackles at home against Utica, 13 stops at Alma in the NCAA quarterfinals and 10 tackles, with a sack, at Randolph-Macon in the NCAA semifinals...Totaled seven tackles, including a sack, forced fumble and fumble recovery, in the NCAA finals against North Central.

Prior to Cortland: Attended Nassau Community College...Two-year member of the football program...Led the team with 50 tackles as a sophomore...Registered 38 tackles as a freshman.

High School: Graduated from Lindenhurst in 2021...Four-year starter in football...Received the Collotta Award as Suffolk County’s top linebacker...Team MVP...Earned All-Long Island honors twice and two-time Suffolk County Defensive Player of the Year...Wrestled for two years...Earned all-county honors twice...Four-year starter in lacrosse.

Parent: Angela Lapolla...Siblings: Vin, Ed...Vin played football at Morehead State from 2019-21 and professionally for Dolphins Ancona in Italy in 2023.