AUSTIN, Texas -- Even Aggies celebrated this Longhorns national championship.

About 5,200 fans turned out Tuesday night at Disch-Falk Field to celebrate the University of Texas' NCAA College World Series title, the fifth in school history and first since 1983.

About 1,000 had turned out in the afternoon heat Sunday to welcome the team home from its 12-6 title-clinching victory over South Carolina, but this title was worth celebrating twice.

''I think they'll do it again,'' said fan Laurie Stoneham, who traveled to Omaha, Neb., for the Longhorns' last two games of the College World Series. She was head-to-toe Texas, with a Longhorns hat, a national title T-shirt and burnt-orange socks. ''I had a feeling from the very beginning they would be this good.''

Even Gov. Rick Perry, a Texas A&M graduate and former Aggie yell leader, addressed the crowd with a vigorous ''Hook'em Horns!'' salute.

Decked out in a burnt-orange shirt that belied his Aggie background, Perry praised the team as a ''new set of heroes'' for the state. He also presented coach Augie Garrido, a transplant from California, a declaration making him an ''official'' Texan.

''You get all the bragging rights and privileges that go with that,'' Perry said.

The hour-long ceremony started with a replay of the radio broadcast of the final outs of the national title game over the public address system.

The team also received congratulatory messages from President Bush and New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens, the ace of the 1983 national championship team.

Rep. Rick Green, R-Dripping Springs, presented the team with three state flags that flew over the state Capitol on Saturday during the championship game.

After sunset, the school lighted the UT Tower in orange with the building's interior lights forming a giant ''1'' to serve notice of the national title.

''They definitely deserve this,'' said fan Gilbert Martinez, who graduated UT law school in 1991 and brought his five children to the stadium. ''We should have won it in football, too.''

The crowd cheered the team with a standing ovation during player introductions and a dugout curtain call for former Texas coach Cliff Gustafson, who retired after the 1995 season with 1,427 victories, the most in Division I baseball history. Garrido is a very close second with 1,380 and gaining fast.

The biggest cheers were for Garrido, whose first few years in Austin were a struggle to win over fans on the heels of Gustafson's departure. A 57-15 season with a Big 12 title and national championship seems to have healed any wounds.

''This team is a special team,'' said Garrido, who also won national titles with California State-Fullerton in 1979, 1984 and 1995. ''It gets down to one ingredient: it gets down to teamwork.''

''It couldn't happen to a better group of guys,'' said senior outfielder Kalani Napoleon. ''I want to say hook'em horns and God bless America!''