2023: D3football.com First Team All-American...Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year...D3football.com Region 2 First Team...Liberty League First Team...NFF Hampshire Honor Society...Liberty League Honor Roll – 9/5...Liberty League Defensive Performer of the Week – 9/11...Liberty League Defensive Performer of the Week – 10/2...D3football.com Team of the Week – 10/3...Liberty League Defensive Performer of the Week – 11/13...Liberty League Honor Roll – 11/27...Started all 12 games and recorded 118 total tackles with 12 tackles for loss, three interceptions, three pass breakups and two sacks...Stola had ten total tackles including seven solo tackles and an interception against Johns Hopkins...Stola had ten total tackles including seven solo tackles and an interception against Endicott... Recorded six total tackles against Alfred... Led the team with 17 total tackles. Eight tackles were solo and 3.5 were for a loss. Stola recovered a fumble against Hobart... Stola collected eight total tackles against RPI... Led the team with 15 total tackles including 2.5 tackles for loss, a sack, and a pass breakup against Union...Stola collected ten total tackles against Rochester...Stola had four total tackles, including two solo tackles against Buffalo State...Logged 17 tackles against Cortland with eight solo stops...Had 12 tackles against Randolph-Macon with 10 solo stops.
2022: Playing in all 13 games at linebacker and on special teams, Stola finished the season with 43 total tackles to go along with five tackles for loss, half a sack, five pass breakups, two forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery… Recorded three total tackles against Bridgewater State (9/3)... Recorded five total tackles including half a sack and half a tackle for loss against Brockport (9/10)… Notched three total tackles and three pass breakups against Hobart (10/1)… Made three total tackles with half a tackle for loss against Rochester (10/8)… Recorded four total tackles with half a tackle for loss against St Lawrence (10/15)… Notched three total tackles, one forced fumble, and one pass breakup against Buffalo State (10/21)… Made five total tackles with two tackles for loss against RPI (10/29)… Recorded five total tackles with half a tackle for loss against Union (11/5)… Notched four total tackles with one tackle for loss against Cortland (11/12)… Made four total tackles and one forced fumble against UMass Dartmouth (11/19)… Recorded three total tackles and had one fumble recovery against Springfield (11/26)… Notched one tackle against North Central (12/3).
2021: Started all 10 games and ranked third on the team with 49 total tackles, to go along with three forced fumbles, seven pass breakups and one sack...Recorded four tackles against Bridgewater State...notched six tackles with a forced fumble and recovery at Brockport...had seven tackles, a sack and forced fumble against Hobart...tallied 10 tackles at RPI...logged six tackles against Cortland.
High School: Attended Northport High School where he earned two varsity letters under head coach Pat Campbell...earned all league and all county honors...also lettered in baseball.
Personal: Ben, the son of Frank and Nicole Stola, is a psychology major.
