[2] The 2010–11 staff garnered an ACP Best of Show award the 2010 National College Media Convention.

It was also awarded 10th place ACP Best of Show for its website at the 2012 National College Media Convention in Chicago.

In 2014, The Oakland Post received ninth place in the country in the College Media Association's "Best in Show" awards for its "special edition" issue surrounding the search for OU's next president.

The paper also picked up a 2014 Pinnacle College Media Award for a two-page spread on autism, designed by Frank Lepkowski.

In 2015, The Post was recognized by the Detroit Society of Professional Journalists, receiving third place in cover design for non-daily papers, and third place in editorial writing for an article written by editor-in-chief Oona Goodin-Smith, investigating the school's secretive search for a president.