Nikolas Polsinelli Jeopardy Profile: Age, Job, Family, Stats

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Nikolas Polsinelli Jeopardy Contestant Profile

Nikolas Polsinelli is an American student from Winter Park, Florida, appearing on Jeopardy! Season 43. He is currently an undergraduate at the University of Chicago, where his public academic profile lists attendance from 2025 to 2029. Before college, Polsinelli attended Trinity Preparatory School in Winter Park, where he accumulated an unusually broad extracurricular record spanning academic competitions, history, Latin, problem solving, community service and varsity soccer.

Polsinelli demonstrated strong academic interests from an early age. While a fourth-grade student in the Winter Park area in 2017, he was part of a team that competed in a Future Problem Solving competition at the Orlando Science Center. The competition involved more than 100 fourth- through sixth-grade students working through a structured six-step problem-solving process on the topic of 3-D printing. Polsinelli’s team advanced to the Florida state competition and also won first place for its Presentation of Action Plan.

At Trinity Preparatory School, Polsinelli became particularly accomplished in Latin and classical studies. In the 2019 Florida Junior Classical League State Convention, he placed second in the Empire 1/2 academic competition at the junior level. That same year, he achieved a perfect score on the National Latin Exam’s Introduction to Latin examination, earning a perfect-score ribbon and certificate. He was also listed among Trinity Preparatory School’s participants in the national Junior Classical League community.

His success in Latin continued as he progressed through school. In 2022, Polsinelli was again listed among the comparatively small group of students nationwide who achieved perfect papers on the National Latin Exam, representing Trinity Preparatory School. His repeated recognition indicates a sustained interest and high level of achievement in classical languages rather than a one-off competition result.

Polsinelli was also deeply involved in history competitions. At the Central Florida Winter History Bee in January 2023, representing Trinity Prep as a tenth grader, he dominated the junior varsity preliminary rounds with 14 points in each of three rounds, for a total of 42, before winning the championship. His result qualified him for both the National History Bee and the International History Olympiad.

Athletics formed another major part of his high-school life. Polsinelli played boys varsity soccer for Trinity Prep, appearing on the school’s championship-era roster as a sophomore during the 2022–23 season and continuing as a junior in 2023–24, when he wore number 19. The 2022–23 Trinity Prep team captured the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 3A boys soccer state championship, giving Polsinelli experience as part of a state-title-winning program.

Polsinelli was additionally involved in community service through the Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States (AYLUS), Orlando branch, where he was listed as a member while at Trinity Prep. His combination of academic competition and community activity continued into his transition to college.

After graduating from Trinity Preparatory School, Polsinelli enrolled at the University of Chicago in 2025, with an expected four-year undergraduate period through 2029. His professional profile also records a NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) certification in Fundamentals of Remote Sensing, issued in June 2026. ARSET is NASA’s training program centered on using satellite and remote-sensing observations for environmental and applied-science purposes, adding another scientific dimension to his otherwise broad academic interests.

Polsinelli’s selection for Jeopardy! fits naturally with a background that already included competitive history, Latin, broad academic knowledge and problem-solving. By the time of his Season 43 appearance, he had accumulated accomplishments in classical studies, history competition, Future Problem Solving, soccer, community service and remote sensing, while beginning his undergraduate studies at one of the United States’ major research universities.

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