On January 15, 2014, UVaToday reported:

"In recognition of Cox's contributions to the search for and discovery of the Higgs, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and the Science Museum of Virginia today named him as one of two Virginia Outstanding Scientists for 2014."

For more, see the UVaToday News Release:

http://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-higgs-particle-researcher-brad-cox-named-outstanding-virginia-scientist