The Rice Thresher has won a College Media Association Apple Award for the third year in a row. The 2nd place award for Best Newspaper at a four-year school with fewer than 5,000 students was granted at the conclusion of the CMA Spring National College Media Convention on March 15. The Thresher placed third in 2013 and first in 2012.

The Campanile received second place for Best Yearbook Cover. The non-traditional wooden cover garnered the yearbook its first Apple Award.