Two College Students With Minnesota Connections To Compete On Jeopardy This Week

(KDLM) – Two college students with ties to Minnesota will appear on Jeopardy this week in the show’s National College Championship.

Burnsville native Chance Persons, who is a sophomore at Creighton University, and University of Minnesota sophomore Emmey Harris, from Lincoln, Nebraska, are among the 36 contestants competing for the grand prize of $100,000 and the title of Jeopardy! National College Champion.

Jeopardy! National College Championship will begin airing at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 8, on ABC.

Eden Praire’s Nibir Sarma was named the College Champion in 2020 while he was a student at the University of Minnesota.