A chemical engineering Ph.D. student originally from Sonora, Kentucky...

Skyler Hornback

2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
2013 Kids Week winner: $66,600.

Skyler's total was the highest ever earned in a Kids Week program, breaking the $49,000 record held by 2002 Back to School Week winner Kunle DeMuren (#4148, aired 2002-09-18). Skyler's total was also the fifth-highest single-day winnings total at the time, after a $77,000 win by Roger Craig (#5977, aired 2010-09-14), a $75,000 win by Ken Jennings (#4595, aired 2004-07-23), a pre-doubled $34,000 win by Jerome Vered adjusted to $68,000, (#1794, aired 1992-05-21), and a $68,000 win by Andy Richter in a Celebrity Jeopardy! game (#5749, aired 2009-09-17).

Skyler appeared in the following archived game:
#9272, aired 2025-02-18 Skyler Hornback vs. Margaret Shelton vs. Jaskaran Singh 2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game 2.
Skyler previously appeared on Jeopardy! as Skyler Hornback in the following archived game:
#6663, aired 2013-07-31 Skyler Hornback vs. Thomas Hurley vs. Shuli Jones 2013 Kids Week game 3.

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