Offensive-Oriented Title Helped Soccer Become Varsity and Starred in Lax

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.