MSU aerospace senior competing for TBS’ top nerd

Mississippi State University aerospace engineering senior Mary Kate Smith will go head-to-head for the tile of top nerd with 10 other egg-heads on TBS television’s Thursday 9 p.m. broadcast of the reality show, King of the Nerds. Smith, whose academic concentration is astronautics, will be competing for the $100,000 grand prize and greatest nerd designation. The MSU senior is a 2008 Madison (Miss.) Central High School - 20 miles north of Jackson. Source: Clarion-Ledger, Jan. 21, 2014.