Benjamin Ortner (born March 16, 1983) is a former Austrian professional basketball player who last played for Pallacanestro Reggiana of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

[citation needed] Due to unfounded allegations made by other competing schools in the region, CIF forced Ortner to sit out the majority of the 1999-2000 season, eventually clearing him to play in the final four games of the year.

That year, Ortner and St. Joseph's advanced to regional semi-finals where they lost to eventual champions and USA Today's #10 ranked team in the country, De La Salle of Concord.

[citation needed] Ortner subsequently went on to play collegiately at Metropolitan State University of Denver, and for head coach Mike Dunlap, where he won a Division II National Championship in 2002.

[5] On December 15, 2017, Ortner left Avellino and signed a deal with Germani Basket Brescia until the end of the season.