Ever since IU senior Tyler Combs was a young boy, he and his family have watched the popular game show ‘Jeopardy’ every evening at exactly 7:30 PM.

He has always envisioned himself himself standing on the same stage with Alex Trebek as a contestant on the show.

What was once a childhood dream, became a reality for him.

It all started with an initial online test consisting of 50 questions over various different topics.

Then, it turned into an in-person audition and test in St. Louis to see if he was qualified to be a contested for the 2020 College Championship.

Around 18,000 people took the online test and only around 300 people were chosen to meet for the in-person audition.

Out of the 300 people who went through the long process, Tyler was one of the 15 lucky students who was chosen to be on the show.

Tyler has taken the online test many times over the years but has never gone beyond that point.

He says that receiving the phone call was a very surreal moment for him and that his family members were even more excited than he was to hear the news.

Combs says that except for a few minor things that are behind the scenes, that the show is exactly what you see on television.

Tyler says meeting and befriending the other college contestants was one of the highlights of the entire experience. He says that the friendships that he’s made, will last a lifetime.

The winner of the college championship takes home $10,000 dollars and will appear on the next edition of the ‘Tournament of Champions’.

Combs has already taped for the show in in California and says  it took the whole day.

Combs wasn’t able to disclose any results of what happened on the show but is excited to get together with his family and friends for a watch-party when his episode airs on April 10th.