• A Baylor love story creates a Baylor legacy

    Early this month, incoming freshman Collin Enright finished his Baylor Orientation. He registered for his first semester of college classes, signed up for a meal plan, and got his official Baylor ID card. And his parents? They took selfies at the most memorable spots from when they were Baylor students themselves.

    Heather and Chris Enright met at Moody Memorial Library in May 1990. It was finals season, and Heather, a self-proclaimed “study snob,” was in the corner of the fourth floor, seeking absolute silence. But of course, “a group wandered in and was so loud that I decided to pack up my things and move, sending a glare their way as I stormed past,” Heather says. Only, the group ended up being her friend Laurel Sims, accompanied by her then-boyfriend and his high school friend — Chris. “We chatted for a minute, and I distinctly remember NOT being mad as I walked away. I had a feeling I was in trouble.”

    “27 years ago, this guy interrupted my studying in that library behind us. Our Baylor story continues…”

    Like a new word you learn and suddenly hear everywhere, Heather and Chris kept running into each other that week on campus and through mutual friends. Finally, on one of the last days of finals, she again saw Chris at Moody and decided to take a study break together. “It was then that our conversation quickly turned serious when we figured out that my father and his grandfather were taking chemo at the same clinic at Baylor Hospital in Dallas,” she says. The next day, she got a call from her mother telling her to come say good-bye to her father. “Driving quickly out from Collins, I turned the corner and there was Chris Enright, walking on the sidewalk. I pulled over to ask him to pray, knowing he would.”

    Once Heather and Chris returned for the fall semester, they became inseparable. Twenty-seven years later — after graduation, marriage and three children — their Baylor pride has only gotten stronger. Collin has been visiting Baylor since his first Homecoming at 9 months old. The second Enright son is frequently wearing green and gold, and their daughter dreams of playing basketball for the Lady Bears.

    “We are overwhelmed and humbled that God would throw open doors to allow our son to attend the same university that held us so closely and brought us together,” Heather says. “Baylor simply IS our love story. It’s not just where we fell in love with each other. It’s where we both fell more in love with Jesus, making our faith our very own. … We cannot wait to see Collin run the Line, make new friends, and thrive as he becomes his own version of a Baylor alumnus.”

    All because Chris interrupted Heather’s studying.

    Sic ’em, Enright family!