撸先生 music students will notice a familiar face on their screens Monday night as adjunct professor Jonathan Hugendubler competes in the season 42 debut of "Jeopardy!".

Hugendubler is aiming for his second "Jeopardy!" win after coming from behind to beat super champion Scott Ricardi in the season 41 finale. At the time, Ricardi was on a 16-game winning streak鈥攖he 10th-longest in program history. Hugendubler correctly answered both daily doubles in Double Jeopardy and nabbed a question about American publisher William Randolph Hearst in Final Jeopardy to take home $23,601 in winnings鈥攕ome of which he spent on attending a Dodgers game.

The whole experience was pretty surreal...you can see my shock when I realized I won.

Adjunct professor Jonathan Hugendubler

鈥淭he whole experience was pretty surreal,鈥� Hugendubler says. 鈥淚f you watch the show or the , you can see my shock when I realized I won.鈥�

The clip garnered more than 700,000 views and the win secured Hugendubler鈥檚 spot in Monday night鈥檚 "Jeopardy!" season opener. It will air at 7 p.m. Eastern on Fox.

Hugendubler practiced for up to 20 hours a week to prepare for the show, using flashcards and watching previous episodes to brush up on a range of trivia. In between his first and second appearances, he spent additional time practicing the buzzer and studying movie and TV show trivia, which were his weak points.

I memorized facts about so many reality shows I will never actually watch.

Adjunct professor Jonathan Hugendubler

鈥淚 memorized facts about so many reality shows I will never actually watch,鈥� Hugendubler says.

The newly-minted adjunct professor is an accomplished saxophonist and music composer who teaches creative music technology in 撸先生's College of Fine Arts & Communication. He became a "Jeopardy!" fan in college and signed up for his first "Jeopardy!" entrance test in 2014, repeating the show鈥檚 notoriously difficult entrance process 10 times before advancing. It's a process some 撸先生 leaders know well.

鈥淚 know firsthand the challenge of cramming for trivia that may never even come up on the show," says Melanie Perreault, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. "During my own Jeopardy! run, I spent a week becoming an 鈥榚xpert鈥� on opera and now can鈥檛 recall a single aria."

Perreault and others across campus expressed their support for Hugendubler.

鈥淏est of luck to Jonathan as he takes on season 42鈥攚e鈥檙e all cheering you on here at 撸先生!," Perreault says. "May all your knowledge and quick instincts serve you well on the 'Jeopardy!' stage.鈥�