Graduate / SOP: The importance of opening statement? [4]

Hi,

I was wandering what should be the opening statement in SOP. Is the following sentence an apt choice? Please comment!

Being a gold medalist at ----------------------------, being among the 20 Summer Fellows selected in India to work on the proposed research project at -----------------------, being the Most Promising Graduate Trainee Engineer at ---------------- for reducing the gear shifting effort of a four-wheeler transmission by more than 50%, being the recipient of ASME Best Paper Award and a member of one of the 15 teams working on the DARPA ----------Program in the world, life so far has been a thrilling experience both in academia and industry.

Thanks.