Story of the Year
ACP 1st Place, editorial Jared Rader, The Oklahoma Daily “OU sells students out”

Best of Show
The Oklahoma Daily claimed 8th place, National College Media Convention Oct. 26-30, Orlando, Fla.

CSPA Newspaper Gold Circles
Announced November 2011
           1st Place, single-subject news or feature package: Daily Staff
           Nicole Hill, Sooner 2008, diversity story
           1st place, headline writing, Daily Staff
           1st place, entertainment review, Dusty Somers
           1st place, editorial writing, Jared Rader
           3rd place, first-person experience, Jordan Ward
           3rd place, editorial page design, Tim French
           3rd place, sports page design, James Corley
           Certificate of merit, sports features, RJ Young
           CM, general or humor commentary, Mark Potts
           CM, single sports photo, Merrill Jones
           CM, op-ed page design, Chris Lusk
           CM, feature page design, Chris Lusk and Dusty Somers

Best of Collegiate Design
          OUDaily.com: Fifth place, Main Page Presentation/Online Newspaper (announced December 2011)