Weckiai Rannila, a New Mexico Tech alum (B.S. Physics with Astrophysics, 2017), competed on Jeopardy! on May 1. She won that first game, defeating a five-time champion.

Rannila joined family and friends for a watch party in Albuquerque, where she now lives and works as an engineer.

SPOILER ALERT: Scroll past the second photo for how Rannila did.

See the TV news story here. 

Spoiler: Rannila won three consecutive games for a total of $35,200, but was defeated at Final Jeopardy! in the fourth game on May 6.