WSUM won 12 Student Awards for Excellence from the Wisconsin Broadcasters Assocation. WSUM won first and second place for Long-Form Production, first for Radio Newscast, first and third for Sports Story, second and third for Sports Play-by-Play, second and third for Public Affairs/Talk Show, second for Sports Programming, and second for News Story.
Long-Form Production
- First: 2011 Football Season in Review (Chris Vosters)
- Second: 2010 Football Season Recap (Kyle Deckelbaum)
Newscast
- First: May 3, 2011, 6 PM (Chris Vosters, Sam Sussman, Ally Trachtman, Shelby Lewis, Keely Arthur, Rachel Bozich, Heather Burian)
News Story
- Second: Job Legislation (Chris Vosters)
Public Affairs/Talk Show
- Second: On Wisconsin, Nov. 16
- Second: Interview with Pat Remington (Caitlyn Iverson)
- Third: Budget Repair Bill Protests, (Jill Hopke, Magda Konieczna)
Sports Play-by-Play
- Second: Men's Hockey vs. Northern Michigan (Chris Vosters, Sam Sussman)
- Third: Wisconsin Wins Big Ten Championship Game (Kyle Deckelbaum, Sam Maxwell, Mike Fiammetta)
Sports Programming
- Second: “The Student Section” Interview with South Dakota Head Coach (Kyle Deckelbaum, Mike Fiammetta, Sam Maxwell, Nathan Palm)
Sports Story
- First: Wisconsin Women's Hockey Learns They're the No. 1 Seed (Kyle Deckelbaum)
- Third: Montee Ball Goes for the Record (Peter Swanson)