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Kiefer Ravena
Kiefer Isaac Crisologo Ravena (born October 27, 1993), more popularly known as Kiefer Ravena or
simply Kief by his colleagues and teammates, is a Filipino 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
University of the East varsity basketball team, the UE Red Warriors and was the 1992 PBA Rookie of the
year, and his mother, Mozzy Pascual Crisologo-Ravena, was 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 Eagles and his younger sister Dani is currently a volleyball player playing for
the Miriam College Knollers. He is currently taking up a Bachelor of Science in Communications
Technology Management at the Ateneo de Manila University.
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Basketball Career
Ateneo Blue Eagles
Ravena attended the Ateneo de Manila High School and was included on the Ateneo Blue Eagles 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 Tamaraws during season 71, the DLSZ Junior Archers in season 72, and the UST
Growling Tigers 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.
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.
Rookie year
During his rookie year with the Blue Eagles, Ravena won the UAAP Rookie of the Year Award, with this he
became the fourth Atenean to win the award after Enrico Villanueva (1998), Jai Reyes (2005) and Ryan
Buenafe (2008), he was also part of the Mythical Team. On his second game as a Blue Eagle, Ravena
scored his then-UAAP seniors career best of 24 points (22 in the first half alone) to go along with 10
rebounds and 5 steals in a win against their archnemesis, DLSU Green Archers. In addition, the team won
their fourth consecutive UAAP basketball title at the expense of the FEU Tamaraws. He finished his UAAP
rookie season averaging 13.0 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 3.2 APG, 1.4 SPG and 0.1 BPG. On the 2011 PCCL they
failed to defend their title and managed to end up as the runners-up to the San Sebastian Stags.
Sophomore Year
In the 75th season of the UAAP, Ravena averaged 16.0 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 3.4 APG, 1.0 SPG, 2.1 TPG
and 0.2 BPG in 30.4 minutes of action; this resulted in an 8th place standing in the MVP statistical race. In
a match against the DLSU Green Archers during the Final Four, 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. 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. On the 2012 PCCL, they finished as a runner-up to
the UST Growling Tigers.
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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. 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 12.7 PPG, 4.7 RPG,
2.5 APG and 1.0 SPG.
Senior Year
On his fourth year with Ateneo, Ravena was named as the new team captain or King Eagle of the Blue
Eagles for the 77th season of the UAAP. 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 the season against their bitter rival DLSU. The 38 points that he made became the second
highest points made by single player next to the 43 points made by the former NU Bulldog Jeff Napa back
in 2002. 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 thows out of that 25, the previous record was 19 set by another
Blue Eagle Chris Tiu in 2008, where he only missed two freethrows. He also led his team to a number one
finish this season after failing to make it to the Final Four last season. By the end of the double elimination
round, Ravena was named as the season's Most Valuable Player after averaging a league-leading 21.3
PPG, 5.9 RPG, 5.6 APG, 1.5 SPG and 0.1 BPG. He had a total of 77.64 statistical points to top the race.
His 77.64 SP's is the highest recorded statistical points made by a single player in one season. With this,
Ravena becomes the fifth player from Ateneo who have won the said award after Jun Reyes (1987 and
1988), Rich Alvarez (2000 and 2001), Enrico Villanueva (2002) and Rabeh Al-Hussaini (2008). Despite
having his first MVP award and Ateneo having the twice-to-beat advantage, his team were defeated by the
eventual champions, the NU Bulldogs in the Final Four.
They eventually captured the Unigames crown in Iloilo by defeating the CSB Blazers, 60-55, in the
championship round. Ravena was then named as the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
Final Year
On October 1, 2014, Ravena announced through his twitter that he will return to play for Ateneo for his fifth
and final year of eligibility next UAAP season.
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Acting Career
On February 10, 2015, it was announced that Ravena will star in his first ever sitcom entitled No Harm, No
Foul to be aired on TV5. His co-stars will include PBA Superstars Willie Miller, Gary David and Beau Belga
together with Eula Caballero, Ritz Azul, Valeen Montenegro, Tuesday Vargas, Long Mejia, Randy Santiago
and Ogie Alcasid.
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.
Ravena has also played for the Sinag Pilipinas team that was sent to the 2011 SEA Games wherein they
managed to win the gold medal against Thailand.
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, the team
managed to swept the competition and was automatically declared champions of the tournament.
Ravena will be once again expected play for the Sinag Pilipinas team at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games
to be held on Singapore this coming June 5-16, 2015. He will be joined by his brother Thirdy Ravena,
Bobby Ray Parks, Jr., Jeron Teng and Marcus Douthit among others.
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Awards and Nominations
Year Award Category Result
2014
Starmometer Awards 100 Sexiest Men in the Philippines Included
UAAP–NCAA Press Corps' College Basketball
Awards
Player of the Year Won
Mythical Team Included
2014 Unigames Awarding Ceremony
Most Valuable Player Won
Mythical Team Included
UAAP Season 77 Awarding Ceremony
Most Valuable Player Won
Mythical Team Included
Fast Fizz Player of the Season Won
Jollibee Champ of the Season Won
Master Gameface Player of the Season Won
RCBC Savings Bank Life Changing
Player of the Season
Won
PS Bankable Player of the Season Won
2013
Starmometer Awards 100 Sexiest Men in the Philippines Included
2013 Filoil Flying V Preseason Hanes Cup
Awarding Ceremony
Most Valuable Player Nominated
Mythical Team Included
15th Ateneo Athletes' Night Awards Ateneo X Factor of the Year Won
2012
Shorty Awards Best Basketball in Social Media Nominated
Rappler Social Media Awards Best Pinoy Athlete Nominated
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Candy Magazine Philippines Candy Awards Candy Cutie Nominated
Meg Top Choice Awards Top Youth Icon for Male Nominated
The Samsung Sixth Man Awards
People's Choice MVP Won
People's Choice Mythical Team Included
2012 Philippine Collegiate Champions League
Awarding Ceremony
Most Valuable Player Nominated
Mythical Team Included
UAAP Season 75 Awarding Ceremony Enervon Todo Bigay Player of the Year Won
Meg Magazine's Movers and Shakers
Meg Magazine's 30 under 30: Movers
and Shakers
Included
Filoil Flying V Preseason Hanes Cup Awarding
Ceremony
Seniors Most Valuable Player Nominated
Seniors Mythical Team Included
Starmometer Awards 100 Sexiest Man in the Philippines Included
2011
PSA Coca-Cola Annual Awards Night Tony Siddayao Awardee Included
UAAP–NCAA Press Corps' College Basketball
Awards
Seniors Most Valuable Player Won
Seniors Mythical Team Included
UAAP Season 74 Awarding Ceremony
Seniors Most Valuable Player Nominated
Seniors Mythical Team Included
Seniors Rookie of the Year Won
Filoil Flying V Preseason Hanes Cup Awarding
Ceremony
Seniors Most Valuable Player Won
Seniors Mythical Team Included
UAAP–NCAA Press Corps' College Basketball
Awards
Juniors Player of the Year Won
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2010
Loyola Schools' Athletes' Recognition and
Awards Night
Ateneo High School Most Outstanding
Athlete for Basketball
Won
2010 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship
Awarding Ceremony
Most Valuable Player Nominated
Mythical Team Included
Best Forward Won
UAAP Season 73 Awarding Ceremony
Juniors Finals Most Valuable Player Won
Juniors Most Valuable Player Nominated
Juniors Mythical Team Included
2009 UAAP Season 72 Awarding Ceremony
Juniors Finals Most Valuable Player Won
Juniors Most Valuable Player Nominated
Juniors Mythical Team Included
2007 UAAP Season 70 Awarding Ceremony Juniors Rookie of the Year Nominated
2005
PBA Juniors Basketball League Awarding
Ceremony
Most Valuable Player Won
Mythical Team Included
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