(CNN) Alex, he'll take "charity" for $10,000.

Avi Gupta crushed a teen "Jeopardy!" tournament this summer, taking home $100,000, and he's donating some of his winnings to cancer research in honor of his new buddy Alex Trebek.

Gupta won the 2019 "Jeopardy!" teen tournament in June. He said Trebek is someone he's always looked up to.

In time for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, the 18-year-old donated more than $10,000 for pancreatic cancer studies at the Knight Cancer Institute in Oregon.

In a Twitter clip , the Columbia University freshman said he was inspired to give by Trebek, who hosted the June tournament he conquered and is "someone I looked up to my whole life."

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