Legacy.com: Calvin Behm Obituary
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) remembers former Pennsylvania State University men’s collegiate club athlete Calvin Behm, a 2022 graduate and member of the University of Pacific’s water polo team who died Saturday, February 18, following a car accident in his home state of Pennsylvania.
Behm graduated from Pacific in December of 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in communications. In his senior year at Pacific, Behm helped the Tigers win the Golden Coast Conference (GCC) championship and advance to the semifinals of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship tournament.
A graduate of Cathedral Prep in Erie, Penn., helped lead his high school team to multiple state tournament appearances and was voted Mr. Water Polo in 2017—the highest honor for a high school player in Pennsylvania. That same year, he was named to the High School All-America First Team, an honor given to only 12 athletes across the country. Behm currently holds the career scoring record at Prep.
In 2017, Behm signed his national letter of intent to play for Pacific. Due to concussions, he chose to forgo water polo and attended Penn State University for two years. He rekindled his passion for water polo while playing on the Nittany Lions’ club team and helped Penn State place second in 2018 and capture the 2019 Mid-Atlantic Division Championship. At the 2019 Men’s National Collegiate Club Championship hosted by the University of Pittsburgh, he led the Nittany Lions to a Seventh Place finish and claimed All-Tournament Second Team honors.
The 2019 Mid-Atlantic Division Most Valuable Player, he garnered All-Conference First Team honors in both 2018 and 2019 prior to earning Men’s Collegiate Club All-America Second Team recognition in 2019.
He transferred to Pacific in 2020 to play varsity water polo. However, due to COVID-19 and the cancellation of the 2020 season, he played professionally in Nies, Serbia, in the spring of 2021 before returning to Pacific.
At the time of his death, Behm had accepted a prestigious position with AT&T at their executive development sales training program at AT&T headquarters in Dallas, Texas. Behm was an organ donor and helped save the lives of seven others after his passing.
Behm is survived by his parents, Jillian (Halmi) Behm and Anthony Behm of Erie, and his older brother Carey Behm of Media, PA. His grandparents are John and Shirley Behm, Barbara Halmi Nene (Dave) and Terry Halmi. His aunts and uncles are Amy (Brad) Boyd and Travis (Alyson) Halmi.
Pennsylvania State University’s Calvin Behm (#13) looks for an opening at the 2019 Men’s National Collegiate Club Championship versus California Maritime Academy’s Cooper Arnett
