Kiefer Ravena

Soon after the 73rd season of the UAAP ended, many schools wanted Ravena to play for their Seniors basketball team but he eventually decided to stay with Ateneo and play on their seniors men's basketball team, the Ateneo Blue Eagles.

Ravena's father, Bong Ravena played for the UE Red Warriors and was the 1992 PBA Rookie of the year while his mother, Mozzy Crisologo-Ravena, was a volleyball player who used to play for the UST Golden Tigresses and the Philippines women's national volleyball team.

He is the eldest of three siblings.

His younger brother Thirdy Ravena is also a varsity basketball player currently playing for the San-en NeoPhoenix in the Japanese B.League and his younger sister Dani is currently a volleyball player playing for the Ateneo Lady Eagles.

Kiefer Isaac Crisologo Ravena (born October 27, 1993) is a Filipino professional basketball player for Shiga Lakes of the B2 League.

Ravena played for the Ateneo Blue Eagles of the UAAP during his college days.

He plays the point guard position.

The son of former PBA player Bong Ravena, Ravena enjoyed a successful high school basketball career at the Ateneo de Manila High School in Loyola Heights, Quezon City where he was recognized as one of the top high school basketball players in the Philippines.

Kiefer Ravena was born on October 27, 1993, in Iloilo.

The 38 points that he made became the then-second highest points made by a single player in the Final Four era next to the 43 points made by the former NU Bulldog Jeff Napa back in 2002, currently it is the fourth highest scoring output by a single player when Napa's record was surpassed by the 49 points made by UE's Alvin Pasaol and DLSU's Ben Mbala scored 39 points both in 2017.

His 11 assists in their second-round game against the Adamson Falcons in season 78 is the second most assist done by an individual player in the UAAP since 2003, only behind by the 12 assists made by Terrence Romeo against the UE Red Warriors in 2013, tied along with UE's Philip Manalang against the FEU Tamaraws and UP's Juan Gómez de Liaño against UE in 2018 Ravena recorded his season high and second career best of 32 points (21 points in the 1st quarter and 26 points in the first half alone) to go along with 3 rebounds and 2 assists on their second round win against the NU Bulldogs in season 78.

His 26 points on the first half is the most points scored by any player in the UAAP, it broke the previous record held by Dylan Ababou who scored 23 points on season 72.

Ravena is a three-time UAAP Juniors Champion (2008, 2009 and 2010), two-time UAAP Juniors Finals MVP (2009 and 2010), two-time UAAP Juniors Mythical Team member (2009 and 2010), one-time FIBA Asia U-18 Mythical Team member (2010), two-time UAAP Seniors Champion (2011 and 2012) and three-time UAAP Seniors Mythical Team member (2011, 2014 and 2015).

He is also the UAAP Season 74 Rookie of the Year and the UAAP Season 77 and 78 Most Valuable Player recipient.

During UAAP Season 77, he also set a new record of most free throws taken by single player in a single game with 25 on their game against UE, he made 19 free throws out of that 25, the previous record was 19 set by another Blue Eagle Chris Tiu in 2008, where he only missed two freethrows.

On his first ever Ateneo-La Salle game in the UAAP Seniors Division, Kiefer has scored his then-UAAP seniors career best of 24 points (22 in the first half alone) which is at that time the second highest individual scoring output in a first half of a game since Dylan Ababou scored 23 points in 2009.

In their Final Four match-up against the DLSU Green Archers in Season 75, Ravena had his then-UAAP seniors career best with 28 points (16 in the payoff period) to go along with 12 rebounds and 7 assists.

Also Ravena is only the third Atenean and 10th player in UAAP history to win back-to-back MVP awards.

At the 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019 Southeast Asian Games, he won gold medals as a member of Gilas Pilipinas.

During his stay with Ateneo, Ravena have led the Blue Eagles to four Final Four appearances in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015 including two UAAP championships in 2011 and 2012.

He also led Ateneo into two PCCL runner-up finishes in 2011 and 2012.

Aside from that he also led the Blue Eagles to their first championship in the Filoil Flying V Preseason Hanes Cup in 2011 while leading them to a 3rd-place finish in the same tournament the following year.

He has also won many accolades while playing for the Blue Eagles that includes the 2011 Filoil Flying V Preseason Hanes Cup Most Valuable Player Award, UAAP Season 74 Rookie of the Year, UAAP Season 75 Todo Bigay Player of the Year, UAAP Season 77 and 78 Most Valuable Player Award and the 2014 Unigames Most Valuable Player Award.

He is also a three-time UAAP Mythical Five member in 2011, 2014 and 2015, two-time FilOil Mythical Five member in 2011 and 2012, one-time PCCL Mythical Five member in 2012 and one-time Unigames Mythical Five member in 2014.

Aside from the championships and the individual accolades, Ravena also broke some records in the UAAP.

In 2014, Ravena led Ateneo to their 3rd basketball championship in Unigames.

On August 10, 2014, he recorded his new career high of 38 points on their come-from-behind overtime win against UE before that his career high was 29 points on their second win of Season 77 against their bitter rival La Salle.

In June 2016, he graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University with a Bachelor's degree in Communications Technology Management.

During his guesting on the radio show, The Morning Rush, he revealed that he was named after his father's favorite actor, Kiefer Sutherland.

Ravena attended the Ateneo de Manila High School and was included on the Ateneo Blue Eaglets team in the UAAP juniors division.

He was the first person to play on Team A of the Ateneo Blue Eaglets during his freshman year.

He led the Blue Eaglets to 3 consecutive championships during his last 3 years with the team, against the FEU Baby Tamaraws during season 71, the DLSZ Junior Archers in season 72, and the UST Tiger Cubs during season 73.

While he was still eligible for the juniors level he won 2 consecutive Finals MVP awards and was part of the Juniors Mythical Team for 2 consecutive years.

His 77.64 statistical points in season 77 is the highest recorded statistical points made by a single player in one season until it was surpassed by the 92.43 statistical points of La Salle's Mbala in 2016.

On March 1, 2016, Ravena announced that he will be suiting up for Mighty Sports for a chance to hone his skills and at the same time prepare for the 2016 PBA draft.

He played alongside former PBA player, TY Tang.

On February 4, 2016, he led the Mighty Sports against the Hobe Macway to reclaim the Republica Cup with 20 points (11 points in the final quarter).

On his debut game in the PCBL for the Mighty Sports, he scored 16 points on top of five assists and three steals on their win against the Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants.

On May 18, 2016, despite having a jetlag, Ravena still managed to score 17 points (12 on the second quarter) to help his team sweep the Euro-Med Laboratory Experts on their best-of-three semi-finals series after missing Game 1 of their semi-finals match-up.

On May 22, 2016, he scored 20 points (15 points in the second half) to lead his team to victory in Game 1 of the best-of-three PCBL Finals against the Jumbo Plastics Linoleum Giants.