AMES, Iowa — After Karlie Charles strikes out a batter, her fans and teammates erupt with cheers – but the person likely cheering the loudest was back home in Texas.
"He's the ultimate supporter for sure," Karlie said of her dad, Chris.
Karlie considers Chris to be the ultimate softball dad.
"He's kind of created his own community within the softball dads, so it's kind of funny," Karlie said. "He literally knows everybody."
Nothing has stopped him from always supporting Karlie, not distance or even the serious health issues he's been dealing with since she was young.
"I was just one-year-old," Karlie said. "He had kidney failure and my uncle was blessed enough to give my father his kidney."
Doctors told Chris that the kidney probably wouldn't last him more than ten years.
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