Besides Samuels, other bright spots in the women’s recruiting class include Brianne and Brittney Bethel, identical twin sprinters from the Bahamas.
The sisters said that the recruiting process is long and stressful, and that several top schools were looking at them. However, it was a meeting with assistant coach Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie — herself a five-time Olympian from the Bahamas — that convinced them to come to Houston.