A former two-sport athlete, Charley competed in soccer and track and field at Vanderbilt University.

Charley is a natural athlete herself, and excelled at the high school and university level in both soccer and track and field.

[1] Due to her prolific athletic career Charley was named to the 2019 Southeastern Conference Class of Women's Legends.

She was named to the Second Team All-SEC and All-Southeast Region and made the Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll.

[8] While attending Vanderbilt Charley also competed in both indoor and outdoor seasons of track and field in the triple jump.

Her freshman indoor season saw her post the second-best mark on Vanderbilt's all-time performance for the triple jump (41'8.50").

She broke her own school record in the 2014 outdoor season, setting a then lifetime best of (43'2.50"), missing qualification for the IAAF World Championship by one centimetre.

She finished her freshman year named to the 2014 Outdoor NCAA Second-Team All-American and 2014 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

[18] On January 29, 2021, Thorns FC announced that the club had signed Charley to a two-year contract.

[20] On December 8, 2021, Thorns FC traded Charley and forward Tyler Lussi to Angel City FC in exchange for $100,000 in allocation money, a second-round pick in the 2022 NWSL Draft, and immunity from Angel City in the 2022 NWSL Expansion Draft.