Jack received his bachelor's degree from Valparaiso University (IN) in the spring of 2017. At "Valpo", Jack spent two years as the school newspaper's beat writer for the Valpo Crusaders men's basketball team, giving him a front-row seat to one of the nation's best mid-major programs. Led by head coach and NCAA tournament legend Bryce Drew and future NBA player Alec Peters, the Crusaders finished at the top of the Horizon League both years Jack covered the team. Jack had the privilege of traveling to the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit to cover the conference's basketball tournament in 2017 on press row.

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In addition to men's basketball, Jack wrote feature stories, game previews, post-game recaps and opinions pieces on Valpo's baseball, football, softball, volleyball, women's basketball, men's soccer, men's tennis, and women's tennis teams for The Torch, Valpo's student newspaper.

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While at Valparaiso, Jack contributed to the school's radio station, WVUR-FM The Source 95, providing color commentary services for the school's athletic events (which also aired on ESPN 3), and hosting a weekly sports talk program, The Viva La Vita Show.

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He spent the summer of 2016 interning for 22nd Century Media, a now defunct newspaper corporation. With 22nd Century Media, Jack wrote post-game recaps, feature stories about local athletes, reviews of local restaurants and compiled the newspaper's "Pet of the Week" and "Athlete of the Week" sections, while providing copy-editing services.

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Prior to working for newspapers, Jack founded his first personal blog, Viva La Vita, in January 2013, where, over the course of seven years, he wrote hundreds of opinions pieces pertaining to sports, entertainment, life and faith.

In the summer of 2015, Jack interned for and co-hosted Jewell On Sports, a sports radio program on AM 1050 WLIP in Kenosha, Wisconsin. There, he interviewed various pro athletes such as Ahman Green, Javon Walker and Javier Arenas, in addition to talking sports with the late, great Brad Jewell.

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Two years after his graduation from Valparaiso, Jack underwent total thyroid removal surgery, in treatment for Graves' disease, an autoimmune disease that sidelined him from working for two and a half years. He has since recovered, no longer has the disease, and is now feeling "better than ever."

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In addition to watching, analyzing and obsessing over sports, Jack enjoys summertime, days at the beach, long bike rides, reality television, Italian food, traveling to different US cities and Major League ballparks, and spending time with his church community.