Four seasons ago, JEOPARDY! had so many excellent teen contestants that the show hosted two Teen Tournaments. Now, those bright young minds are older, wiser, and ready to return to the stage for a first-of-its kind twist on the traditional College Championship format. 27 former teen contestants, now current undergraduates or recent college graduates, will reunite to face off in a 14-day special event with a $100,000 grand prize and a spot in the Tournament of Champions on the line.
“We didn’t want to lose that sort of college energy [this season],” said JEOPARDY! Executive Producer Michael Davies. “We knew we had these 27 players who are all of college age who come from our existing JEOPARDY! community, so this was a great opportunity to bring them back.”
The contestants set to compete are:
Justin Bolsen, a freshman at Brown University in Providence, R.I. from Canton, Ga.
Maggie Brown, a junior at the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Fla. from Pensacola. Fla.
Tim Cho, a senior at Columbia University in New York, N.Y. from Savoy, Ill.
*Avi Gupta, a senior at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. from Portland, Ore.
Jack Izzo, a senior at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. from San Diego, Calif.
Jackson Jones, a junior at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. from Louisville, Ky.
Rohan Kapileshwari, a senior at the University of Texas at Austin from Winston-Salem, N.C.
Rohit Kataria, a junior at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. from Wheelersburg, Ohio
Rotimi Kukoyi, a freshman at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill from Hoover, Ala.
Sreekar Madabushi, a junior at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga. from Basking Ridge, N.J.
Anish Maddipoti, a junior at the University of Texas at Austin from Austin, Texas
Lucas Miner, a junior at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. from Miami, Fla.
Hannah Nekritz, a senior at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. from Stamford, Conn.
Teagan O’Sullivan, a freshman at American University in Washington, D.C. from Watertown, Mass.
Dan Oxman, a senior at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. from South Orange, N.J.
Isabella Pagano, a freshman at CalTech in Pasadena, Calif. from Libertyville, Ill.
Stephanie Pierson, a junior at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill from Macon, Ga.
Alison Purcell, a senior at the University of Texas at Austin from Houston, Texas
Caleb Richmond, a sophomore at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. from Bedford, N.H.
Audrey Sarin, a senior at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo from Redmond, Wash.
Audrey Satchivi, a senior at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. from Carmel, Ind.
**Claire Sattler, a senior at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. from Bonita Springs, Fla.
Autumn Shelton, a junior at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J. from Lamar, Mo.
Rhea Sinha, a recent graduate at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. from Chatham, N.J.
Eesha Sohail, a recent graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles from Bakersfield, Calif.
Maya Wright, a senior at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. from Peachtree, Ga.
Shriya Yarlagadda, a sophomore at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. from Grand Blanc, Mich.
*Season 35 Teen Tournament II Champion
**Season 35 Teen Tournament I Champion
The format consists of nine quarterfinal games, three semifinals, and a two-day, total point affair final. The broadcast schedule is as follows:
Monday, February 20 – Friday, February 24: Quarterfinal Games 1-5
Monday, February 27 – Friday, March 3: Quarterfinal Games 6-9; Semifinal Game 1
Monday, March 6 – Thursday, March 9: Semifinal Games 2-3; Finals Games 1-2