New head men's basketball coach James Dickey didn't have much time to recruit his 2011 class, and he didn't waste any of it. Four players have already inked with the Cougars.

Fabyon Harris – 5'6, 160, PG (Hyde Park Academy, Chicago) – As a senior, he averaged 26.0 points, six assists, five rebounds and four steals per game on the way to being named an ESPNChicago.com All-Area selection. Harris was an All-City and All-Conference First-Team honoree and was named the Most Valuable Player of the Red Central Conference. He chose Houston over DePaul, Cincinnati and SMU.

Mikhail McLean – 6'7, 205, F (Second Baptist High School, Houston) – McLean averaged 13.2 points and 4.4 rebounds per game while earning Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools All-State Second Team honors and helping lead the Fighting Eagles to an impressive 32-6 overall record. He chose the Cougars over Boston College, Auburn, Arkansas, Cleveland State and Detroit.

Jonathon Simmons – 6'6, 190, F (Midland Junior College, TX) – A Houston native, Simmons prepped at Smiley High School and was an All-District 21-4A Second-Team honoree as a junior in 2006-07. In two years as a junior college player, he helped lead Midland and Paris colleges to a combined 57-8 record. Last season, he averaged 13.3 points and 4.0 rebounds per game while shooting 55 percent from the field.

Darian Thibodeaux – 6'3, 175, G (Navarro Junior College, TX) – Thibodeaux averaged 11.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game last season, leading Navarro to a top-25 national ranking and berth in the NJCAA Tournament semifinals. During a quarterfinal match-up against East Mississippi, he posted a career-high 30 points, including eight 3-pointers.

For the second consecutive season, the University of Houston men's track and field team claimed the Conference USA Outdoor Championship, collecting 191 points at the UCF Track and Field Complex in Orlando last weekend. The women's team finished in sixth place with 75 points.

Head coach Leroy Burrell was named Coach of the Year for the 16th time in his UH tenure.

Errol Nolan shared Co-Freshman of the Year with Rice's Gabe Cuadra, while Isaiah Sweeney was awarded the title of High Point Scorer of the Meet after he earned four medals, including two gold.

The men's 4x100m relay team, consisting of Sweeney, Tryon Carrier, Joseph Irabor and Nolan, took silver with a time of 40.05.Nolan notched the gold in the men's 400m dash, clocking 46.16, while Irabor finished in sixth with a time of 48.56. For the women, Harris finished in fourth with a mark of 54.53, and Tara Prier took sixth with a time of 55.54.

Jason Perez notched his second consecutive 400m hurdles outdoor title, clocking 50.84. Darryl Cloud took bronze with a time of 52.32. Doug Kelley claimed the men's 800m crown with a time of 1:50.88.

Chris Carter also defended his crown, taking gold in the triple jump with a leap of 15.51m (50-10.75). Lamar Delaney followed with bronze, jumping a distance of 15.36m (50-04.75).

All four Cougars set personal records in the men's 110m hurdles. Cameron LaCour was runner-up with a time of 13.72, missing the gold by one one-hundredth of a second. Thomas Lang followed in fifth place, clocking 14.32. Darryl Cloud and Wesley Bray rounded off the scorers, finishing in seventh (14.67) and eighth (14.91), respectively.

Sweeney, who took the long jump crown on Saturday, claimed silver in the men's 100m dash, clocking 10.51. He added to his collection of medals when he finished first in the men's 200m dash, clocking a personal best time of 21.13.