Kiefer Ravena

Kiefer Ravena

No. 15 – Ateneo Blue Eagles
Guard
Personal information
Born	(1993-10-27) October 27, 1993 Manila, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Listed weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school	Ateneo de Manila High School
College	Ateneo de Manila University
Career history
Ateneo Blue Eaglets (2007-2011) RP Youth U-16 Energen (2009) RP Youth U-18 (2010) Sinag Pilipinas (2011, 2013) Ateneo Blue Eagles (2011-present)
Career highlights and awards
3x UAAP Juniors Champion (2008, 2009, 2010) 2x UAAP Seniors Champion (2011, 2012) 2x SEA Games Men's Basketball Champion (2011, 2013) 1x SEABA U-18 Champion (2010) 1x Filoil Flying V Pre-Season Cup Champion (2011) 2005 PBA Juniors Basketball League Mythical Team 2005 PBA Juniors Basketball League Most Valuable Player UAAP Season 72 Juniors Mythical Team UAAP Season 72 Juniors Finals Most Valuable Player UAAP Season 73 Juniors Mythical Team UAAP Season 73 Juniors Finals Most Valuable Player 2010 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship Mythical Team 2010 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship Best Forward 2010 UAAP-NCAA Press Corps' College Basketball Juniors Player of the Year 2011 Filoil Flying V Hanes Preseason Premier Cup Mythical Team 2011 Filoil Flying V Hanes Preseason Premier Cup Most Valuable Player UAAP Season 74 Seniors Rookie of the Year UAAP Season 74 Seniors Mythical Team 2011 UAAP-NCAA Press Corps' College Basketball Mythical Team 2011 UAAP-NCAA Press Corps' College Basketball Most Valuable Player 2012 Filoil Flying V Preseason Hanes Cup Mythical Team 2012 UAAP Enervon Todo Bigay Player of the Year 2012 PCCL Mythical Team 2013 Filoil Flying V Preseason Hanes Cup Mythical Team
Medals Competitor for  Philippines Southeast Asia Basketball Association Gold 2010 SEABA Team Southeast Asian Games Gold 2011 SEA Games Team Gold 2013 SEA Games Team

Kiefer Isaac Crisologo Ravena (born October 27, 1993), more popularly known as Kiefer Ravena or simply Kief by his colleagues and teammates, is an amateur basketball player from the Philippines. He is currently playing college basketball for the Ateneo Blue Eagles team in the UAAP where he is playing both Guard positions.

Biography and family

Kiefer Ravena was born on October 27, 1993 in Iloilo. Ravena's father, Bong Ravena played for the UE Red Warriors and was the 1992 PBA Rookie of the year, and his mother, Mozzy Pascual Crisologo-Ravena, was also a volleyball player for the UST Golden Tigresses. He is the eldest of three siblings his younger brother Thirdy is also a basketball player currently playing for the Ateneo Blue Eaglets and his younger sister Danni is currently a volleyball player playing for the Miriam College Knollers.^[1] He is currently studying Bachelor of Science in Communications Technology Management at the Ateneo de Manila University.^[2][3]

Career

Ateneo Blue Eaglets

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.^[4] He led the Blue Eaglets to 3 consecutive championships during his last 3 years with the team, against the FEU Tamaraws during season 71,^[5] the DLSZ Junior Archers in season 72,^[6] and the UST Growling Tigers during season 73.^[7] While he was still eligible for the juniors level he won 2 consecutive Finals MVP awards^[8][9] and was part of the Juniors Mythical Team for 2 consecutive years.^[10]

Ateneo Blue Eagles

Soon after the 73rd season of the UAAP ended many schools wanted Ravena to play for their Seniors basketball team but he decided to stay with Ateneo and play on their seniors men's basketball team, the Ateneo Blue Eagles.^[11]

Rookie year

During his rookie year with the Blue Eagles, Ravena won the UAAP Rookie of the Year Award.^[12] In addition, the team won their fourth consecutive UAAP basketball title at the expense of the FEU Tamaraws.^[13] He finished his UAAP rookie season averaging 13.00 PPG, 4.06 RPG, 3.19 APG, 1.38 SPG and 0.06 BPG.^[14]

On the 2011 PCCL they failed to defend their title and managed to end up as the runners-up to the San Sebastian Stags.^[15][16]

Sophomore Year

In the 75th season of the UAAP, Ravena averaged 16.00 PPG, 5.41 RPG, 3.41 APG, 1.00 SPG, 2.06 TPG and 0.18 BPG in 30.41 minutes of action; this resulted in an 8th place standing in the MVP statistical race.^[17] In a match against the DLSU Green Archers during the Final Four, Ravena had his UAAP seniors career best with 28 points (16 in the payoff period) to go along with 12 rebounds and 7 assists.^[18] The team won their 5th straight title in the UAAP Men's Basketball Tournament.^[19] During the tournament, Ravena was awarded the season's Todo Bigay Player of the Year.^[20]

Junior year

Just prior to the start of UAAP Season 76, Ravena suffered a grade 3 right ankle sprain injury, which he got during his team's practice.^[21] Even though having the injury he still managed to play for at least eight minutes in their opening game against the NU Bulldogs in which he scored 2 points. He then missed their next 2 games before making his comeback game in a win against the Adamson Soaring Falcons despite only scoring 4 points in 11 minutes that he played. He scored his season high of 18 points on their win against the FEU Tamaraws and Adamson Soaring Falcons. He finished the season averaging 12.67 PPG, 4.67 RPG, 2.50 APG and 1.00 SPG.^[22]

National team

Ravena has also played for the Philippine national basketball team. Ravena was part of the 2009 FIBA Asia U-16 Philippine squad wherein they finished 4th place and FIBA Asia U-18 Philippine squad where they managed to finish 5th place. Ravena earned national team caps having played in the 2010 SEABA U-18 championship team.^[23]

Ravena has also played for the Sinag Pilipinas team that was sent to the 2011 SEA Games.^[24] wherein they managed to win the gold medal against Thailand.^[25][26][27]

He once again played for the Sinag Pilipinas team that was sent to the 2013 SEA Games that was held in Myanmar from December 11-22 but the basketball event started earlier from December 8-16,^[28] the team managed to swept the competition and was automatically declared champions of the tournament.^[29]

Awards and Nominations

See also

• Ateneo Blue Eagles
• UAAP
• Ateneo de Manila University
• RP Youth U-16 Energen
• RP Youth U-18
• Filoil Flying V Preseason Hanes Cup
• PCCL
• Sandugo-UniGames
• 2011 SEA Games
• Sinag Pilipinas

References

Preceded by Calvin Abueva	Filoil Flying V Preseason Hanes Cup Most Valuable Player 2011	Succeeded by Bobby Ray Parks, Jr.
Preceded by Terrence Romeo	UAAP Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year 2011	Succeeded by Jeron Teng
Preceded by Jayvee Dumrique	UAAP Junior's Basketball Finals Most Valuable Player 2010 2009	Succeeded by Ralph Atangan