• Eric LeGrand’s injury and his rehabilitation have been covered by media outlets, including ESPN, Sports Illustrated, CBS, and NBC. Leading his former Scarlet Knight teammates onto the field in October 2011 was voted Best Sports Moment of 2011 by Sport’s Illustrated fans and was featured on the cover of the magazine’s year-end issue. Read about it here.

• Eric has picked up the late Christopher Reeve’s mantle to raise awareness for spinal cord injuries and fight for a cure.

• The author has a very active Twitter account with more than 38,000 dedicated followers.

• Cowriter Mike Yorkey is a veteran in the the Christian Booksellers Association community. His Every Man’s Battle series has sold more than 2 million copies.

AUTHOR SOCIAL MEDIA
• Official Author Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/EricLeGrand52
• Official Author Twitter Handle: @EricLeGrand52
 
 
 
 
 
 

On October 16, 2010, during a game against Army, Eric LeGrand, a defensive lineman for the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights, suffered a severe spinal injury when he collided with an opposing player on a kickoff return. Paralyzed from the neck down, doctors said the twenty-year old would be a quadraplegic breathing on a respirator for the rest of his life. Yet instead of despair, Eric responded with unwaivering hope, assuring his mother, “I’ll be back.” Within a few weeks, he was breathing on his own. Within months, he could stand for minutes at a time using a standing frame. On October 29, 2011, one year after his injury, Eric, in his motorized wheelchair, led the Scarlet Knights onto the field at Rutgers’s stadium—a triumph of spirit voted Best Sports Moment of 2011 by Sport's Illustrated fans.   
 
In this uplifting memoir, illustrated with sixteen pages of color photos, Eric shares the amazing story of the transformative journey he calls “the best year of his life,” which has won him admiration and made him a universal symbol of hope. Committed to raise awareness and inspire others as Christopher Reeve once did, Eric reveals how he is rebuilding his life and his future, including earning a college degree, pursuing a career in sports broadcasting, and working hard to rebuild his bruised body. Eric doesn’t just want to walk again. He’s going to run.

Guided by his deep faith in a grand plan and his unswerving optimism, bouyed by an infectious positive energy that radiates on every page, Eric shows us all—especially those who have suffered tragedy or seemingly irreversible setbacks—how we can face adversity with strength and find purpose in pain. He will make readers BELIEVE.