Tangela Faulkner
Club Director (11th Season)
The Carolina Shockwave Volleyball Club (CSVC) is under the direction of Tangela Faulkner, who is entering her 11th season as the Club Director. She is in her first season as Head Coach at Clinton College located in Rock Hill, SC (NCCAA- Division 1) Prior to that she coached for four season as head coach at West Johnston High School located in Benson, NC.
Faulkner has a huge love for coaching players as her way of giving back. ALL players that have graduated were offered to play on the collegiate level. She has assisted more than 50 players with playing on the collegiate level. Faulkner is in the Athletics Hall of Fame at University of Mount Olive as a two time all conference honoree for both basketball and volleyball. Ranked fifth in the nation in scoring with school record 22.4 points per game and averaged 9.7 rebounds per game as a junior scoring a total of 605 points which is the second highest season total in school history, and became the only Trojan women’s basketball player to score 1000 points in two seasons. She led her volleyball team in kills and blocks as a junior and finished second in conference in hitting percentage and fifth in kills as a senior, helping UMO win its only volleyball conference championship.
Tangela has no reservations in discussing her reason of why she coaches. “This is my ministry and I want to equip young athletes with the same tools that someone equipped me with. If God hadn’t blessed me with a full scholarship I would never have been able to go to college. I want to help every child I impact have the same opportunity!”
She has been a minister since 2011 and ensures that Shockwave players when playing tournaments on Sundays don’t miss their Sunday message! The word of the Lord is brought to them!
Coach T is an active member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association and a USA Volleyball IMPACT certified coach as well as a CAPS LEVEL I certified coach. She is also First Aid/CPR Certified.
Arlanda Faulkner
(Co-Club Director)
Carolina Shockwave Welcomes back Arlanda Faulkner as part of the coaching staff. A former player of Carolina Shockwave who is ready to give back to the club that she grew up in as a student/athlete. She graduated from NCCU where she played volleyball there for 4 years. She has received the honor of MEAC rookie of the week twice, while getting a double-double as a freshman with 21 kills and 16 digs. She lead her team in kills and aces as a freshman and has achieved a double -double twice this season already! In high school, she was a member of the National Honor Society, a two time Player of the Year in 3A/4A conference in volleyball, named to the All Conference Team 3 consecutive years in a row, she is the school record holder for most kills in a game (39), highest career kill percentage 467%, most kills in a season (412), most kills in a career (1072), Most Valuable Player 3 consecutive seasons in a row for volleyball, named to the All Metro Team Of North Carolina twice, school record holder in 55m hurdles, 110m hurdles, 300m hurdles, state contenders 3 seasons, ranked 7th in the state for 100 hurdles, Most Valuable Player two consecutive years for track, student of the month (October), Certificate Of Recognition for volunteering more than 2000 hours to Carolina Shockwave Volleyball Club, Panel speaker/Youth Leader for Christ, named to the Carolina Region team two years in a row, and many other accomplishments, and the only thing she boasts in is her God as she stated “ I couldn’t have done this without being rooted and grounded in the Lord.” She is currently receiving her Masters Degree in ministry!
She is also CNA, First Aid/CPR Certified.
Sara Boykin
Carolina Shockwave Volleyball Club (CSVC) welcomes back Sara Boykin (née Parker) as a coach for 15/ 17 Elite. Coach Boykin is a native of Johnston County, NC, and an alumnus of the University of Mount Olive (UMO). Boykin was a NCAA Division II dual-athlete in volleyball and basketball. As a volleyball player, Boykin earned distinction as the tournament MVP selection for the 1997 Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference (CVAC) Volleyball Tournament. The UMO has yet to replicate a conference tournament championship in either the men or women’s volleyball programs. Boykin was a UMO teammate of CSVC Program Director, Coach Tangela Faulkner. After undergraduate completion, Boykin went on to pursue a graduate degree while working as a volleyball assistant and recruiter for the Tusculum University (TU) Lady Pioneers of Greeneville, TN. Following her college volleyball coaching tenure, Coach Boykin met and married her husband, Chris, while they both were teachers and coaches at South Johnston High School. Boykin has been a Federal government employee for over a decade and resides in Four Oaks with her husband, Chris, and three children, Dianna, Noah, and Meredith. Coach Boykin is looking forward to building up young women for success, on and off the volleyball court!
Carolina Shockwave excitedly welcomes back Ericka Charleston (AKA Coach E) for the fourth season. She’s the mother of 2 daughters Jamiese and Nia. She’s from Franklin County, NC where she attended high school as a three-sport student-athlete and graduated in the top 10 of her high school class. She attended Fayetteville State University on a full academic scholarship, joined the volleyball team out of her passion for the game as a walk-on and was the 1991, FSU Rookie of the Year, while leading her team in digs and aces and was ranked as a Top 10 CIAA Division II Defensive Leader for three seasons.
Coach E cheered for 2 years and played softball for four years. As a soft-ball player (center-field) she was ranked for 2 years in the top 10 in the CIAA in stolen bases and in 1992, 1993 and 1994 was honored as the FSU Student-Athlete with the highest GPA, made the CIAA All-Academic team all four years for Volleyball and Softball, made the Chancellor’s list and was honored in Who’s Who Among America’s Colleges and Universities. In Fall 1994 she won 3rd place in the National Minority Research Symposium and was awarded the Glaxo Women in Science Scholarship. She completed undergrad with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology with and a Minor in Chemistry and pursued a Master’s in Business Administration, finishing with a 3.9 GPA.
After working in the Pharmaceutical Industry as an Analytical Microbiologist and serving as a volunteer coach for Varsity Track & Field, she accepted a position with Franklin County Schools where she taught and coached for 7 years (Volleyball, Basketball and Track & Field amongst other sports), winning numerous conference championships and contending in regional and state-playoffs in each of those sports. She was voted Tar-Roanoke Conference Coach of the Year on 3 different occasions. She established a volleyball club in 2006 under the umbrella of an outreach program called Godly Influence and was successful in securing college scholarships for 12 athletes before the club was dissolved when she moved to Atlanta, GA for a sales position with a Biotech company. She has returned to NC as a Volleyball Mom supporting her youngest daughter, Nia Richardson for the last 3 years as she pursued academic and volleyball scholarships. Nia also played for Carolina Shockwave and currently attends and plays for Fayetteville State University.
Coach E is proud to have been a part of 1000’s of student athletes’ careers. It is her sincere desire to help student-athletes to not only realize their athletic potential, but to also thrive as leaders on and off the court when they adopt a relentless drive for success. Her motto is to Work Smart, Work Hard and Win BIG!
Carolina Shockwave excitedly welcomes back Faith Herman to the coaching staff! Shes a junior LB/DS at the University of Mount Olive where she is studying exercise science. Shes from Maiden, North Carolina where she has played volleyball for 13 years. Formally she was a setter and throughout high school achieved 2000 career assists, all-conference two years, second team all-state, and was named team mvp her senior year. She plans on continuing to grow as a player throughout college, and continue her love for the sport through coaching.”
Carolina Shockwave welcomes back Coach Chris “Bull” Boykin who’s in his 25th year teaching in the Johnston County Public School System. Currently Dean of Students at West Johnston High School, he is also the Lead Driver Education Instructor. Chris Boykin has coached hundreds of Johnston County High School students during his career, mostly as Head Football Coach at South Johnston High School and Assistant Football Coach at Smithfield-Selma Senior High School. Coach Boykin developed a love for coaching at an early age, coming back home to coach in Johnston County Schools after graduating from ECU. Throughout the years, Coach Boykin has taken on a variety of assignments, serving as an assistant girls’ basketball coach, assistant boys’ track coach, Head Wrestling coach, and most recently, the Head Football Coach for the Four Oaks Community’s boys’ 12U team. He met his wife, Sara, in 2001 when they both coached and taught at SJHS.
Nia Richardson
Carolina Shockwave Volleyball Club (CSVC) welcomes back Nia Richardson to her third season of coaching at Shockwave! She’s a former Shockwave player and daughter of Ericka Charleston (Coach E)! Nia is from Franklinton, NC where she attended Franklinton High School and played varsity volleyball all 4 years. She was named MVP, All Conference 3 years in a row, runner-up for conference player of the year & received the coaches award. She has been playing volleyball since she was 9 years old & followed in the footsteps of her mother who played volleyball at Fayetteville State University. Nia is currently a student athlete at Fayetteville State University, and the starting libero for the volleyball team. Along with being on the volleyball team at FSU, Nia is part of the Honors Program and Leap Scholars Program. She majors in biology, and hopes to one day become a dentist!
Nia is passionate about volleyball and excited to help young athletes grow as players and leaders on and off the court. Her motto is “NEVER dream about success, WORK for it!”