Had The College of Wooster sponsored women’s soccer as a
varsity sport starting in 1982, rather than in 1985, Betty Title
Feigenbaum may have been an All-American and among the
school’s top scorers in two sports. Instead, she is most
remembered for her offensive exploits as a lacrosse player.
Title Feigenbaum actually began her Wooster career attempting to
play three sports — club soccer and varsity basketball as
well as lacrosse — but she soon decided two was enough and
the 5-4 point guard dropped basketball from her list of activities.
That gave the West Hartford, Conn., native additional time to play
an integral role in the soccer team acquiring varsity status and to
hone her lacrosse skills.
"The successes I achieved in both sports varied," recalled Title
Feigenbaum. "I loved helping the soccer program become a varsity
sport, while at the same time, I enjoyed many successes in lacrosse
… ultimately being selected to play at the (North-South)
All-Star Game and achieving All-American status."
Statistically, it is safe to say that Title Feigenbaum was the
Scotties top lacrosse player of the 1980s. She led her teams in
scoring every season and left Wooster with school records in all
three categories for a career — goals (172), assists (40),
and points (212) — and still ranks second in goals and fourth
in points.
Those numbers were boosted by a memorable senior campaign, when
Title Feigenbaum not only led the Scotties but finished atop the
entire conference in the scoring column en route to being named the
NCAC Player of the Year. That spring (1986), she totaled 64 points
on 53 goals, which marked another Wooster record at the time and
currently rates her No. 3 for a season, and 11 assists.
On the soccer pitch, Title Feigenbaum was constantly an offensive
threat as well. In the one season she "officially" played (she
competed two other years for the club team), the forward scored
seven goals and assisted on another for a squad-high 15 points in
only 14 matches and subsequently garnered second-team
all-conference honors as well as honorable mention on the All-Ohio
Team.
While scoring goals for lacrosse and soccer may keep her name in
the records, Title Feigenbaum’s legacy may be that she was a
cornerstone for those two programs, which today are thought to be
among the best in the Great Lakes Region for NCAA Division III. For
example, she was picked as one of Wooster’s first
representatives to the North-South All-Star Game (1986), back when
the lacrosse contest included players from all NCAA divisions. It
was recognition like that which helped build the reputation for
Scot women’s athletic teams and the College as a whole.
Now, Title Feigenbaum, also a member of the Greater Hartford
Jewish Hall of Fame (1987), is a
vice president for product management at Webster Bank. She and her
husband, Seth, stay very active outside of work with their three
children — Dana (9), Max (8), and Maya (4). Title Feigenbaum,
who still plays soccer herself in a women’s league, is a girl
scout leader, youth soccer coach, and on the membership committee
at the local YMCA as well.
