San Diego State business sophomore Ryan Hunter won more than $57,000 in prizes as well as a 2013 Land Rover during the Dec. 5, taping of “The Price is Right.”
Hunter and 16 of his Phi Kappa Theta fraternity brothers traveled to Los Angeles after purchasing group tickets for the game show. Fully equipped with matching T-shirts, the fraternity members rallied together with high hopes of winning big. Although this isn’t the first time the members of Phi Kappa Theta appeared on the game show, this was their first time winning the big prize.
Throughout the course of the game, Hunter won a flurry of prizes, including an outdoor grill, a trip to Atlanta, $1,000 in cash and three pairs of Louboutin shoes.
“It was the craziest feeling ever,” Hunter said. “I’ve never won anything in my entire life.”
Hunter credited his winnings to his fraternity brothers and luck.
Hunter said that while the game may look easy on TV, it’s quite difficult to do mental math with a crowd yelling at you. He said he couldn’t even hear the host sometimes because the crowd was too loud.
After Hunter won the showcase—outbidding his opponent $1,400—his fraternity brothers rushed the stage in excitement and disbelief.
Hunter said his parents were thrilled and joined in on the fun at home.
“They threw a ‘Price is Right’ party, gave away prizes, and even had a fake wheel” Hunter said laughing.