Courtney, a longtime historical past professor at Washington’s Decrease Columbia Faculty, first appeared on Jeopardy! in 2021, successful seven straight video games and incomes a complete of $118,558, alongside the $2,000 she received for putting second in her eighth recreation, per the fan database  J! Archive.
She returned to the favored recreation present the following yr for the 2022 Event of Champions, the place she positioned third in her quarterfinals match, successful a money prize of $5,000, in accordance with Jeopardy!
Earlier this yr, Courtney was recognized with mind most cancers, which Maya introduced in February.
“My mother has a mind tumor,” she shared on the CaringBridge web page on the time. “Across the second week of January this yr, my mother was experiencing some numbness and weak point within the left facet of her face.”
The next month, Maya shared a heartbreaking replace, writing that her mother was not “responding to radiation or chemo in the way in which we hoped.”
As Maya famous, Courtney determined to make “the courageous, clear-eyed choice to cease remedy and transition to hospice,” together with her daughter emphasizing that her household was standing “behind her” following her alternative.
