Ben Liechty Season 2024

UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2-time ACWPC All-America selection (Second Team - 2025, Honorable Mention - 2023)
• MPSF West Newcomer of the Year (2023)
• 2-time MPSF Newcomer of the Week (last Oct. 30, 2023)
• 3-time All-MPSF West honoree (First Team - 2025, Second Team - 2024, 2023)
• 3-time ACWPC All-Academic Team member (Outstanding - 2023, Superior 2024, Excellent - 2025)
• 2-time MPSF All-Academic Team member (2025, 2024)
• 2-time Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll member (Spring 2026, Spring 2025)
• 6-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll (last Spring 2026)

2025
Played in all 29 games … Bruins captured program’s 14th NCAA title and No. 125 for UCLA Athletics, beating top-seeded USC in 11-10 thriller (Dec. 7) … totaled 44 goals on 88 shot attempts (50.0%) … logged team and conference highs with 63 assists … also ranked among team leaders in goals (third) … earned spot on ACWPC All-America Second Team … made All-MPSF West First Team … qualified for ACWPC All-Academic Team, earning “Excellent” designation … member of MPSF All-Academic Team … earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... recorded 12 multi-goal games, including six hat tricks … scored in 24 games … piled up game- and season-high eight assists to help earn 36-4 win against Penn State Behrend in MPSF Championship Tournament quarterfinal round (Nov. 21) … scored two goals in 13-12 sudden-victory, overtime result over No. 3 Stanford (Nov. 1) … scored game-high four goals to help earn 13-12 win against No. 4 Stanford in MPSF Invitational semifinal round (Sept. 20) … logged four goals to help pick up 19-8 victory against No. 12 Pepperdine (Sept. 13) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Winter 2026, Spring 2026.

2024
Played in 25 of 28 games … Bruins captured program’s 13th NCAA title and No. 124 for UCLA Athletics, defeating USC 11-8 (Dec. 8) … was tied for fifth on the team in scoring with 25 goals on 47 attempts, converting at a 53.2 percent rate … was second on the team in total points (67) with 42 assists (third on the team) … made All-MPSF West Second Team … qualified for ACWPC All-Academic Team, earning “Superior” designation … member of MPSF All-Academic Team … earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... scored a season- and career-high-tying three goals two times on the year, in a win vs. No. 11 UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 7) and in a win vs. Concordia University Irvine (Sept. 7) … he scored at least one goal in 14 of the 25 games he played, including nine multiple-goal games, and two games with a hat trick … scored at least one goal in four straight games (Oct. 19 to Nov. 3) … recorded nine steals and was tied for seventh on the team in field blocks (six) … also drew 14 exclusions (sixth on the team) ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024, Winter 2025 and Spring 2025.

2023
Played in 27 of 29 games … scored 41 goals (second on the team) on 95 attempts, converting at a 43.2 percent rate … finished with 61 total points (fourth on the team) and 20 assists (sixth on the squad) … MPSF West Newcomer of the Year ... received ACWPC All-America honorable mention … made All-MPSF West Second Team … qualified for ACWPC All-Academic Team, earning “Outstanding” designation … collected two MPSF Newcomer of the Week awards (Oct. 30, Sept. 5) ... scored at least one goal in 21 of the 27 games he played in, including 15 multiple-goal games … scored at least one goal in the first nine games of the season (Sept. 2 - Sept. 17), where he had five two-goal games and three hat tricks in that span … scored three goals a career-high five times, the last time being in a win vs. Washington & Jefferson on Nov. 17 … also registered 10 field blocks (fourth on the team), nine steals, and 19 drawn exclusions (sixth on the squad) ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Spring 2024.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
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 … played club water polo for Newport Beach Water Polo … won first place at 18U Junior Olympics … competed for the Junior National Team and placed third at the 2023 World Championship.
 
PERSONAL
Full Name: Benjamin Daniel Liechty, prefers Ben … born in Newport Beach, Calif. … parents are Beth Silverman and Dan Liechty … has two older brothers Jake (22) and Eli (20) … his brother, Eli, currently plays on the UCLA Mens Water Polo Team, and his brother, Jake, played water polo at UC Irvine … chose UCLA “Because of the culture of the team and a great school to pursue an education.” … 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.