Ben Patch | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Full name | Benjamin Patch | ||||
Born | Layton, Utah, U.S. | June 21, 1994||||
Hometown | Provo, Utah, U.S. | ||||
Height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||
Weight | 198 lb (90 kg) | ||||
Spike | 150 in (382 cm) | ||||
Block | 141 in (358 cm) | ||||
College / University | Brigham Young University | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Position | Opposite | ||||
Number | 13 | ||||
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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. [3]
In October 2020, Patch publicly came out as queer in the German publication Der Tagesspiegel . [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. [7] [8]