Dr. Stergiou has been highlighted several times by the University of Nebraska Foundation and the University President, to our alumni and donors as an exemplary faculty with speeches at Palm Springs, California, Scottsdale, Arizona and Lincoln, Nebraska. He was the first inductee from Nebraska to the National Academy of Kinesiology. Dr. Stergiou is the only UNO faculty that received the Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, the Outstanding Researcher of the Year Award, the Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award, and as the Director of Nebraska Biomechanics Core Facility, the Chancellor's Academic Excellence Award. He has participated in grant reviewing for the National Science Foundation, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) study sections as well as for many countries around the globe. He has received more than 40 million dollars in grants from NIH, NASA, NSF, the NIDRR/US Department of Education, and many other agencies and foundations.