A law student from Kingston, Ontario, Canada...

Melissa Seal

Date of first appearance:
February 1999

Total Winnings:
$25,000

Records held/Stats:
Teen Tournament Champion

Favorite show anecdote:
I had just started dating the man I'm now married to when I got called back for the Tournament of Champions. I think it was probably the most unique reason he'd ever heard for breaking a date.

How did being on Jeopardy! affect your life?
Managed to graduate from Syracuse University without student debt, and funded a semester at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.

Anything else you would like viewers to know about you?
I'm currently living in Canada, attending Queen's Law School, and expecting my first child in a few weeks.

"She was a senior when she became the Teen Tournament champion in March 1999, today she's a married law student living in Kingston, Ontario, Canada..."

2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000.
2000 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $2,500.
1999-A Teen Tournament winner: $25,000.

Melissa appeared in the following archived game:
#4710, aired 2005-02-11 Melissa Seal vs. Babu Srinivasan vs. Arthur Phillips 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1, game 3.
Melissa previously appeared on Jeopardy! as Melissa Sexstone in the following archived game:
#3621, aired 2000-05-08 Jeremy Bate vs. Mike Blumenfeld vs. Melissa Sexstone 2000 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 1. From the Atlanta Civic Center.

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