Vanderbilt students to appear on JEOPARDY! High School Reunion Tournament

Two Vanderbilt University juniors will compete during a special JEOPARDY! tournament later this month, the show announced.

"Four seasons ago, JEOPARDY! had so many excellent teen contestants that the show hosted two Teen Tournaments," a news release from the show said. "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."

The show's first-ever High School Reunion tournament will feature Vanderbilt student Rohit Kataria on Feb. 20, followed by classmate Jackson Jones on Feb. 24. Kataria is a native of Wheelersburg, Ohio, and is studying public policy, according to the release. Jones, who is from Louisville, Kentucky, is majoring in chemistry and economics.

The 14-day special will run from Feb. 20 through March 9. Mayim Bialik, known for her starring role in 1990s NBC sitcom Blossom and her later role on CBS sitcom Big Bang Theory, will host.

The tournament will start with quarterfinal matchups and is set to include 27 former teen contestants vying for a $100,000 grand prize — along with a coveted spot in the Tournament of Champions.

Find more information about the show and contestants, along with brackets for each part of the tournament, at jeopardy.com/contestant-zone/2023/high-school-reunion.

Want to catch up on the two previous Teen Tournaments? The show made a playlist of all the episodes available on YouTube at bit.ly/3JUbJOl.

Schedule, how to watch JEOPARDY! High School Reunion Tournament

Show times and stations can be found by checking your local listings.

The tournament will include nine quarterfinal games, three semifinals and a two-day, total point final. Here's how they break down.

• Monday, Feb. 20-Friday, Feb. 24: Quarterfinal Games 1-5

• Monday, Feb. 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

Here is the list of the quarterfinal matchups.

Monday, Feb. 20

• Rohit Kataria, a junior at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, from Wheelersburg, Ohio

• Audrey Sarin, a senior at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo from Redmond, Washington

• Maya Wright, a senior at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, from Peachtree City, Georgia

Tuesday, Feb. 21

• Avi Gupta, a senior at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, from Portland, Oregon

• Jack Izzo, a senior at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, from San Diego, California

• Alison Purcell, a senior at the University of Texas at Austin from Bellaire, Texas

Wednesday, Feb. 22

• Sreekar Madabushi, a junior at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, from Basking Ridge, New Jersey

• Stephanie Pierson, a junior at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill from Macon, Georgia

• Autumn Shelton, a junior at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, from Lamar, Missouri

Thursday, Feb. 23

• Justin Bolsen, a first-year student at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, from Canton, Georgia

• Teagan O'Sullivan, a first-year student at American University in Washington, DC, from Watertown, Massachusetts

• Shriya Yarlagadda, a sophomore at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from Grand Blanc, Michigan

Friday, Feb. 24

• Jackson Jones, a junior at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, from Louisville, Kentucky

• Isabella Pagano, a first-year student at CalTech in Pasadena, California, from Libertyville, Illinois

• Ryan Presler, a high school senior at Brandon Valley High School in Brandon, South Dakota, from Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Monday, Feb. 27

• Rohan Kapileshwari, a senior at the University of Texas at Austin from Winston-Salem, North Carolina

• Claire Sattler, a senior at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut from Bonita Springs, Florida

• Rhea Sinha, a recent graduate of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, from Chatham, New Jersey

Tuesday, Feb. 28

• Anish Maddipoti, a junior at the University of Texas at Austin from Austin, Texas

• Lucas Miner, a junior at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, from Miami, Florida

• Audrey Satchivi, a senior at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, from Carmel, Indiana

Wednesday, March 1

• Tim Cho, a senior at Columbia University in New York, New York, from Champaign, Illinois

• Dan Oxman, a senior at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, from South Orange, New Jersey

• Eesha Sohail, a recent graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles from Bakersfield, California

Thursday, March 2

• Maggie Brown, a sophomore at the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida, from Pensacola, Florida

• Hannah Nekritz, a senior at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, from Stamford, Connecticut

• Caleb Richmond, a sophomore at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., from Bedford, New Hampshire

This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Jackson Jones, Rohit Kataria: Vanderbilt students compete on JEOPARDY