Jack Wallace

In the summer of '08 Jack Wallace was in a water skiing accident while on a family vacation in Lake George.  Floating in the water after he and his sister's lines became tangled, the boat puttered over to them so his father and brother could untangle the lines. When the throttle was inadvertently hit, the boat spun around and ran over him, fracturing his femur and completely shredding his right leg.

Almost bleeding out, Wallace estimates he lost about 22 pints of blood in the first 72 hours after the accident. The average amount inside someone his size (at the time) is about six to eight pints. His leg was amputated right above the knee.  Jack spent three days in a coma and three days and two months in the hospital

In 2009, Jack attended Camp No Limits in Maine where he was introduced to sled hockey. He went on to join a local New Jersey team and later attended the USA Hockey Sled Select Camp from 2010-2016 and participated on the U.S. National Development Sled Hockey Team from 2013-2016. He made his U.S. National Team debut in 2016.  Since then Jack has won the gold medal on the US National Team at the 2018 and 2022 Paralympics, the Gold Medal in the World Championships in 2019 and 2022, and the silver medal at the 2017 World Championships.  Additionally, Jack was named the Best Defensemen of the Tournament at the Paralympics in Beijing in 2022.

A native of Franklin Lakes and graduate of FAMS, Jack graduated from The College of New Jersey with a degree in Biomedical Engineering.  Jack now plans on becoming a dual sport paralympic athlete, where he’ll compete in both the summer and winter games. He competed in the 2019 ICF Sprint World Championship in the sport of Paracanoe (Sprint Kayak).  He reached the semifinal and was poised later on to qualify for the Tokyo games before suffering an injury which required reconstructive surgery on his elbow. After multiple surgeries and months of grueling physical therapy he then had to train harder than ever to get ready to compete in Beijing. Fresh off of his 2nd Paralympic gold, he is setting his sights on Paris 2024 while maintaining his place on the USA Hockey National Sled Hockey team.