Young Alumni Success

Shelby Kirkes, Oklahoma City Dodgers

Shelby Kirkes (BS 15) joined the Oklahoma City Dodgers in August 2016 as the manager of special events. In December 2019, Shelby was honored by the NextGen Under 30 program, highlighting young Millennials who are already making significant professional strides in Oklahoma.

“Being an award recipient came as an incredible surprise,” she said. “I was also accepted into a program called LOYAL (Linking Oklahoma’s Young Adult Leaders), which offers me a hands-on opportunity to engage in the community by working with civic leaders. ENMU’s culture of service planted a seed early on to give me that desire to serve outside of the workplace.

“My parents and several other family members graduated from Eastern, so attending ENMU was a natural first step,” Shelby said. “Eastern really catered to my desire to get involved.”