Tom Rola, another St. Hugh product, began his soccer career at Lighthouse Boys Club before going on to North Catholic. He was a part of the PCL & Co-City Championship team of 1970 as a sophomore. Rola went on to Captain the 1972 squad that would lose a tough finals match to Cardinal Dougherty 3-2. After his senior season Tom Rola was named an All-Catholic & All-Scholastic selection.
Tom went onto play collegiate soccer at LaSalle College University from 1973 to 1975. During his three seasons as a starter Tom & the Explorers went 22-15-6 overall.