43 Facts About Kiefer Ravena

Kiefer Ravena is known for being one of the first players to utilize the Pinoy step, which is increasingly being used by NBA players.

The son of former PBA player Bong Kiefer Ravena, Kiefer 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 is a three-time UAAP Juniors Champion, two-time UAAP Juniors Finals MVP, two-time UAAP Juniors Mythical Team member, one-time FIBA Asia U-18 Mythical Team member, two-time UAAP Seniors Champion and three-time UAAP Seniors Mythical Team member.

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

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

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

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

Kiefer Ravena 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.

Kiefer Ravena led Ateneo into two PCCL runner-up finishes in 2011 and 2012.

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

Kiefer Ravena has won many accolades while playing for the Blue Eagles, which 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.

Kiefer Ravena is 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.

On his first ever Ateneo-La Salle game in the UAAP Seniors Division, Kiefer Ravena has scored his then-UAAP seniors career best of 24 points 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.

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

On March 1,2016, Kiefer 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.

On May 18,2016, despite having a jetlag, Kiefer Ravena still managed to score 17 points 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.

Kiefer Ravena previously tried out for the Legends but did not join the 2016 D-League draft.

On March 1,2017, Alab Pilipinas officially announced through their social media account that Kiefer Ravena have already signed to play for the team although he will officially join the team right after he recuperate on the previous injury that he got during the Dubai tournament where he joined.

Kiefer Ravena made his ABL debut during the first game of their best-three semifinals meeting against the Singapore Slingers wherein he scored 16 points on a losing note for Alab.

NLEX expressed support for Kiefer Ravena stating that he had passed multiple drug tests by the PBA, as well as by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas and the Games and Amusements Board believing that he took the pre-workout aid which led to the ban without being aware it contained a substance prohibited by FIBA.

In September 2020, Kiefer Ravena signed a three-year extension to his contract with NLEX.

However, Kiefer Ravena's move to the Lakestars was uncertain, since he is bound by a Uniform Player Contract he had signed with NLEX and the PBA.

The contract does not allow Kiefer Ravena to move to another league.

On May 24,2023, Kiefer Ravena signed a one-year contract extension with the team.

Kiefer Ravena has played for the Philippine men's national basketball team.

Kiefer Ravena was part of the 2009 Philippines men's national under-17 basketball squad that was sent to the 2009 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship wherein they finished 4th place.

Kiefer Ravena was part of the 2010 Philippines men's national under-19 basketball squad that was sent to the 2010 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship where they managed to finish in 5th place.

Kiefer Ravena earned the national team caps having played in the 2010 SEABA Under-18 Championship Team wherein they won the coveted gold medal against Malaysia.

Kiefer Ravena has played for the Sinag Pilipinas team that was sent to the 2011 SEA Games, wherein they managed to win the gold medal against Thailand.

Kiefer Ravena was named as the team captain of the Gilas Cadets in 2015 that will compete together with Bobby Ray Parks Jr.

In November 2017, Kiefer Ravena was named as part of the Gilas Pilipinas line-up that will compete at the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifiers against Japan and Chinese Taipei.

Kiefer Ravena represented the Philippines in the 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Cup on June 17 to 21,2017 in Nantes, France.

Kiefer Ravena then led the Team Philippines to a win against Team Qatar on an exhibition game at the 2015 FIBA 3x3 All-Stars which was held between the Dunk Contest and All-Stars finals of the tournament in Doha, Qatar on December 10,2015.

Kiefer Ravena was joined by Jeron Teng of La Salle, as well as Nigerian imports Ola Adeogun of San Beda and Bright Akhuetie of Perpetual.

On May 22,2018, Kiefer Ravena was suspended by FIBA for 18 months in all basketball-related activities.

Kiefer Ravena was tested positive for methylhexanamine, 1,3-Dimethylbutylamine and higenamine, substances prohibited by WADA.

Kiefer Ravena explained that he consumes a pre-workout drink called C4, which can be bought from retailers around Metro Manila.

Kiefer Ravena ran out of supplies shortly before a training camp in Australia and took Blackstone Labs DUST, a supplement which is mixed with water and is supposedly similar to C4.

However, Kiefer Ravena was quickly pulled out by the SBP and head back to Manila.

In November 2019, Kiefer Ravena returned to the national team as he represented the Philippines in the 2019 SEA Games, wherein he won his fifth straight gold medal.

Kiefer Ravena was included in the 21-man pool for the 2023 FIBA World Cup, where he was eventually included in the final 12-man lineup.

Kiefer Ravena starred in his own reality show called Phenoms together with his fellow Atenean and then-girlfriend Alyssa Valdez, who is a 3-time UAAP volleyball MVP and former team captain of the Ateneo Lady Eagles.

Kiefer Ravena previously dated volleyball players Mika Reyes and fellow Atenean Alyssa Valdez.