Notable Alums:
-Christine Aguilera – President of Sky Mall
-Charlie Johnson – Former NFL Quarterback for the Denver Broncos
-Randy Brown – 3-time NBA Champion with the Chicago Bulls in 1996, 1997 and 1998.
New Mexico State University Campus Facts:
-NM State has its own hot sauce, Holy Jolokia and a portion of bottle sales goes to the Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State. Holy Jolokia sauce is made from Bhut Jolokia chile. Paul Bosland, regents professor of horticulture, holds a Guinness World Record for confirming Bhut Jolokia as “the hottest of all spices,” tested at NM State at more than one million Scoville Heat Units. This 2006 discovery was extraordinary since the previous record hot chile, a Red Savina, contained only 577,000 SHU’s (a typical New Mexico green chile has 1,500 SHUs).
-U.S. News and World Report’s list of Best National Universities for 2012 recognizes NM State as one of the universities where students graduate with the least debt.
-New Mexico State was named one of the top 11 universities with the smartest student-athletes by thebestcolleges.org.
Learn more about New Mexico State University at the school's website http://www.nmsu.edu or visit the athletics page at www.nmnathletics.com.