Carlton Hanta 1960 Doyusha 4 in 1

Not all UH baseball players play in the US. For example, Carlton Hanta played in the Japanese league. He played for the Nankai Hawks and Chunichi Dragons.

This card is from the 1960 Doyusha 4 in 1 set. Also featured on this card is Japanese Base Hall of Famers Motoshi Fujita, Osamu Mihara, and the legendary Sadaharu Oh.

Hanta is at the top left.

Chandi Jones and Sancho Lyttle

It's easy to focus on collectibles of the male athletes, but let's look at the ladies today. We have two of the best ladies basketball players in UH history: Chandi Jones and Sancho Lyttle.

Chandi Jones was Conference USA Freshman of the Year in 2001 and was Conference USA Player of the year in 2002, 2003, & 2004. She was 2nd team All American in 2004 and is the all time UH scoring leader.

Sancho Lyttle was an All-Conference USA first teamer in 2005 and was an All American Honorable mention.

Both players were selected in the first round of the WNBA draft.

Today's cards are the 2004 WNBA Fleer Ultra #98 for Chandi Jones and 2006 WNBA 10th Anniversary #34 for Sancho Lyttle.

1957 UH vs USM Football Program

Think that the University of Houston didn't play Southern Miss prior to Conference USA? Think again. UH played USM once before on November 9th, 1957.

Southern Miss (or Mississippi Southern as they were known then) came into the game with a perfect 7-0 record including 6 shutouts and only 6 points in the 7th game. UH came in at 2-4-1.

But UH was not to be denied this day. After it was over, UH won 27-12. The Coogs were led by Claude King who scored twice and average 12 yards per carry. The Coogs would end the season by winning their next 2 games to end with a 5-4-1 record and their second consecutive Missouri Valley Conference championship. USM would lose 2 of their next 3 including the Tangerine Bowl and have a final record of 8-3.

UH USB Flash Drive

This is just too cool. I love flash drives. This one has very little memory, but it has the Cougar logo. Save all of your UH pics on this or download the basketball checklist to share with other Cougar alums.

2005 Donruss Classic Stanford Routt #169

Let's get some pictures of cards going to get us ready for football season, even if I don't do a full write up. Here's Stanford Routt's 2005 Donruss Classic #169.

1992 Motion Sports Football

Enough baseball... football season is about to begin. So let's look at a set dedicated solely to UH football, the 1992 Motion Sports Football set. This set features the players from the 1992 Cougar team as well as cards dedicated to UH history. Enjoy!

Brad Lincoln 2006 TriStar Prospect Plus Game Used Jersey #P-BL

Let's continue looking at UH baseball players. With the season that my hometown Rangers and the Astros are having, looking at former Cougars is the only way to make it through the rest of the baseball season. Luckily football is coming up soon.

One of the most dominant seasons by any player in a UH uniform was turned in by Brad Lincoln in 2006. Lincoln was an All-American who won several player of the year awards by leading the nation in several categories including wins, ERA, strikeouts, shutouts, and more. He became the first UH player selected in the top 10 picks of the amateur draft when he was selected #4 by Pittsburgh.

I prefer basketball and football over baseball both as sports and for collecting, but there is one thing that baseball has over the other two sports... minor leagues. What other sport has team names like the Hickory Crawdads.