Benjamin Patch (born June 21, 1994) is an American former volleyball player who played for the United States national volleyball team.
[1] Patch helped the United States national team win the gold medal at the 2017 NORCECA Championship.
[2] Patch was raised by white, Mormon adoptive parents in Utah, and he served as a missionary in Columbus, Ohio, for one year.
[4] He became the first openly queer active player in a German men's professional sports league.
[5][6] Patch maintains an active ceramic art practice and a photography business alongside his professional volleyball career.