Awards and Honors
On May 20, 2012 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Tufts University when he gave the commencement speech at the school's 156th commencement.
In June 2010, Major League Baseball and People Magazine announced Eric Greitens as a winner in People Magazine's All-Stars Among Us competition. Eric was selected to represent the city of St. Louis and the Cardinals at the 2010 All-Star Game in Anaheim, California.
On October 3, 2008, President George W. Bush personally awarded Greitens the President's Volunteer Service Award outside Air Force One at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis, Missouri for his work at The Mission Continues. Greitens also served as Grand Marshall and keynote speaker of the 2008 Veterans Day Parade in St. Louis, Missouri on November 8, 2008. He spoke alongside Francis Slay, Mayor of the City of St. Louis, and Congressman Russ Carnahan of Missouri's 3rd District. The City of St. Louis honored Greitens and the Mission Continues Fellows at a special ceremony at the City Hall Rotunda.
As a student, Greitens won two Oxford Boxing Blues and the Gold Medal at the BUSA National Championships. He is also a sub-3 hour Marathon Runner, and won the Shamrock Marathon at Camp Fallujah, Iraq in 2007. Greitens was honored with the HOOAH Award, commissioned by the Major George A. Smith Memorial Fund in 2009. Greitens was named the 2010 Reader of the Year by Outside magazine.
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