Host Pat Sajak and contestant Nana Forson Photo by Carol Kaelson

Nana Forson, a senior majoring in political science, was a winning contestant on the Nov. 22 episode of Wheel of Fortune during Hawaii Week.

"I hope I make my friends, family and campus really proud today," she said minutes before the taping.

Forson racked up $12,600 in cash and prizes, including a trip to Iceland valued at $8,700.

The Bethesda, Md., native says that when she was growing up, Wheel of Fortune played an educational role in her house. Her mother used Nana's favorite show to teach her the concept of time: The one-hour trip from home to Baltimore, for example, equaled two episodes.

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