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Oklahoma State University Traditions and History:
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Oklahoma State's athletics departm-
ent has long been known as
one of the most tradition-rich programs in the country - not just in one or two sports, but throughout its
Departm-
ent of Athletics.
OSU has accumulated 48 NCAA National Championships over the years, the fourth-most in NCAA history. Only
Stanford, USC and UCLA own more national titles.
In the Directors Cup standings, OSU has finished among the top 30 progr-
ams six times since the award's
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eption in 1994. The cup is designed to recognize and rate the best all-around athletics programs in
the country.
Individually, more than 140 OSU student-athletes have won national titles, including Cowboy wrestlers Johny
Hendricks and Jake Rosholt, and menšs golfer Jonathan Moore this spring.
While competing in the Big Eight Conference, the Cowboys and Cowgirls won 135 team titles and crowned 500
individual conference champions.
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History Of Pistol Pete:
Around 1923, when Oklahoma A & M College was searching for
a new mascot to replace their tiger (copied along with orange and black colors, from Princeton), a group of
students saw Frank Eaton leading the Armis-
tice Day Parade. He was approached to see if he would be interested
in being the model for the new mascot, and he agreed. A likeness was drawn and began to be used on sweatshirts,
stickers, etc. and a tradition was born.
Though Pistol Pete has been OSU's mascot since 1923, only since 1958 has someone worn the current garb
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