Benjamin Patch (born June 21, 1994) is an American former volleyball player who played for the United States national volleyball team. Patch helped the United States national team win the gold medal at the 2017 NORCECA Championship.
Patch was raised by white, Mormon adoptive parents in Utah, and he served as a missionary in Columbus, Ohio, for one year.
In October 2020, Patch publicly came out as queer in the German publication Der Tagesspiegel. He became the first openly queer active player in a German men's professional sports league.
Patch maintains an active ceramic art practice and a photography business alongside his professional volleyball career.