Larissa Kelly in high school
This item is from the Contra Costa Times:
UC Berkeley graduate student Larissa Kelly of El Cerrito will be one of 15 contestants trying to win the $250,000 grand prize up for grabs in the 2009 Tournament of Champions for the game show “Jeopardy!” taping next month at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The tournament episodes will air March 11 to 24.
Kelly gained fame in the spring by winning $222,597 in seven games, the third-best total in the show’s long history and the best ever by a female contestant.
There she is, as cute as a button, and the only female! We’ll be rooting for you, sweetheart! Hey, we used to do the weather page for the “Contra Costa Times” at Accu-Weather. I remember it was the very last paper on the 3-11 night shift. The few times I had to cover the shift, it sometimes didn’t get out till 2 or 3 a.m.!