George Karlaftis started dating his partner Kaia Harris in 2016.

Harris plays track and field at the University of Missouri, where she is doing her Juris Doctor (JD) or doctor of law. She will graduate from the university in 2025.

Kaia was born as the eldest daughter of Cindy and Courtney Harris. She has four younger siblings; two brothers and two sisters.

For instance, she has worked as a marketing intern since August of last year at Optosigma. It is a global manufacturer of Optics and Optical Coatings.

Harris started her career at the same company in 2019. She worked as a Marketing Assistant for this company from May 2019 to June 2020.

Based on her LinkedIn profile, Kaia previously worked as a Technical Marketing Intern at Caterpillar Inc. She worked at Caterpillar, an American construction equipment manufacturer, between May 2021 and August 2021.

Kaia uses Instagram under the username @kaia.harris. Moreover, she also has a Facebook profile.

Kaia Harris Playing Career

Kaia started her athletic journey at Purdue University, earning Academic All-America and All-American honors. She played track and field indoors in 2019. Harris redshirted in 2019 outdoors.

She had her breakthrough season in 2021. The West Lafayette born received the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award after participating in three meets in the weight throw.

She earned a throw of 15.77 meters in the weight throw at the Hawkeye Big Ten Invite on February 12. Moreover, Kaia also had a personal-best weight throw mark of 15.91 meters to place fifth at the Hoosier Hills Invite on February 6.

Similarly, she competed in seven meets in the discus and hammer throw at the 2021 outdoors. The Indiana born earned a throw of 48.89 meters in the discus to finish 31st at the NCAA East Prelims on May 29.

She won the discus with a mark of 54.11 meters, No. 2 in program history. She also was fourth in the hammer with a throw of 52.89 meters at the Big Ten North Florida Invite from April 2-3.

Harris was named the 2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team, 2021 Academic All-Big Ten, and 2021 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award. Moreover, she also won the 2020 Academic All-Big Ten.

She did not participate in 2022 indoors while she had a great season outdoors. Kaia was placed 3rd in the discus throw and 8th in the hammer throw at the Miami Hurricane Invitational.

Similarly, she took 1st prize in the discus throw at the 44 Farms Team Invitational. Moreover, the Indianan born participated in the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

George and Kaia Harris met for the first time in high school.

They crossed paths for the first time in Lambert. Karlaftis was born in Athens and raised in West Lafayette. It is also the hometown of Harris.

According to an Instagram post on September 18, 2021, the couple had been dating for five years. They started their romantic relationship in 2016.

Moreover, they studied at the same university at Purdue. Harris completed her Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Kinesiology between 2018 and 2022.

Similarly, George enrolled in the university, majoring in Selling & Sales Management between 2019 to 2021. The Indiana born announced her relationship with the football player on June 19, 2021, via a Facebook status.

George comes from a family of six.

His father, Μathiós "Matthew" Karlaftis, was an athlete in Greece. Matthew participated in many games as an all-around athlete.

Before earning a Ph.D. at Purdue University, Karlaftis obtained a civil engineering degree from the University of Miami. Moreover, Matthew tried out for the University of Miami's football and track and field teams, where he competed in the javelin throw.

However, his injury held him from participating in football. George's mother, Amy, met Matthew when she was a freshman. Amy had grown up in West Lafayette, Indiana, not far from Purdue. They lived in Athens after getting married.

The family relocated back to the USA when the professional football player was just 13. Moreover, he has three siblings named Yanni, Annie, and Nicko.

His brother, Yanni, won the youth international judo championship when he was 11. He signed with the Boilermakers as an outside linebacker in 2021.

During high school, Yanni was rated a Four-star recruit by 247Sports, Rivals, and ESPN. In addition, he was the No. 16-ranked outside linebacker and No. 3-ranked recruit overall in Indiana by 247Sports.com.

ESPN ranked him the No. 26 outside linebacker, No. 2 recruit overall in Indiana, and No. 24 in the region. Yanni appeared in four games in 2021 for Purdue University. He made his debut on September 11, 2021.