NMSUnews Published on September 7, 2012 by nmsunews. Joaquin Acosta and Conlan Burk pick up the guns to fulfill the Pistol Pete legacy at New Mexico State University. October 1, 2012 by Gabriella D. Ferrari, NMSU News Center Vowing to avenge the death of his father, Frank “Pistol Pete” Eaton became sharpshooter training with the soldiers at Fort Gibson, Okla., where he ear More »

AggieVision Published on May 3, 2012 by AggieVision We take a behind the scenes look at Pistol Pete tryouts with Conlan Burk, Jessica Franklin-Covington, Joaquin Acosta. More »

April 28, 2012. Retrieved online April 30, 2012 from Lauren E. Toney, For the Sun-News, Las Cruces Sun-News AggieVision: Pistol Pete Tryouts LAS CRUCES — Two New Mexico State University freshmen won the title of Pistol Pete following tryouts Saturday at the Pan American Center, and will go on to serve as the gun-toting, mustachioed face of Aggie athletics during the upcoming academic More »

November 14, 2011 by Janet Perez, NMSU News Center Free T-shirts, more traditions, a winning team — what exactly will it take to get more New Mexico State University students to attend the school’s sporting events? That’s one of the questions the Aggie Spirit Game Day Experience Task Force, created earlier this year by NMSU President Barbara Couture, is trying to answer. The latest More »

January 24, 2010. Retrieved online: January 25, 2010 from Lucas Peerman, Las Cruces Sun-News NMSU student who donned gear graduating after three years as mascot; two needed to fill cowboy boots LAS CRUCES -- Think you have what it takes to be the face of New Mexico State athletics? You'll need to know when to pump up or quiet down the crowd, how to handle a (fake) pistol and how to bust a mo More »

November 20, 2009. Retrieved online November 20, 2009 from Amanda L. Husson, Las Cruces Sun-News LAS CRUCES -- Already sporting a crimson jacket and a broad smile, Barbara Couture entered the Regents Room on Thursday at New Mexico State University to a standing ovation and shouts of "Welcome to NMSU!" Couture was appointed as NMSU's first permanent female president Thursday as a standing-roo More »