Student to be featured on NBC’s ‘Wheel of Fortune’

In an episode of “Wheel of Fortune” Friday, junior Kelsey Kapral will compete in the show’s annual “College Week,” which was filmed in Chicago this year. Kapral, a Chicago native, found out she was chosen as a contestant a few weeks before she taped the episode May 8 at \nNavy Pier.\n“Over Christmas break, I got an e-mail from them saying they were looking for students for their ‘College Week,’” she said. “And then, like, two weeks later I got an e-mail saying I was selected for a closed audition.”\nKapral said she competed mainly against students from Big Ten schools, such as the University of Michigan and the University of Iowa, but students from other schools also competed. She added that she’s always been an avid “Wheel of Fortune” fan.\n“I’ve watched it since I was little,” she said.\nKapral will appear alongside other college students on the “Wheel of Fortune College Week: From Chicago” at 7 p.m. Friday on NBC.