INTERNATIONAL/CLUB
Tallied four goals at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore...Won a silver medal at the 2025 World Aquatics U20 Championships...Notched 6 goals at the 2025 World Aquatics U20 Championships...Scored 6 goals at the 2025 World Aquatics World Cup Division 1 qualifier...Competed for the U.S. Junior National Team and placed third at the 2023 World Championship...Played club water polo for Newport Beach Water Polo…Won first place at 18U Junior Olympics.

COLLEGE
Competes for the UCLA men's water polo team...2024 NCAA Champion...Scored 25 goals for the Bruins...All-American Honorable Mention (2023)...All-MPSF Second Team (2023)...MPSF Newcomer of the Year (2023)...Second on the team with 41 goals...Also registered 20 assists, 10 field blocks, nine steals, and 19 exclusions drawn.

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner in water polo and two-year letterwinner in swimming at Newport Harbor High School…Named a two-time CIF Player of the Year (2021 and 2022) and Sunset League - Surf Player of the Year in 2022.

PERSONAL
Full Name: Benjamin Daniel Liechty, prefers Ben…Born in Newport Beach, CA…Parents are Beth Silverman and Dan Liechty…Has two older brothers Jake and Eli…His brother, Eli, currently plays on the UCLA Mens Water Polo Team, and his brother, Jake, played water polo at UC Irvine…Athlete he admires most is the late Kobe Bryant…Enjoys going to the beach and hanging out with friends in his free time…Major is undeclared.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS

• 2025 WORLD AQUATICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE, 8TH PLACE
• 2025 WORLD AQUATICS U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS, ZAGREB, CROATIA, 2ND PLACE