A three-time First Team All-Ivy selection, Keven McDonald was the Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 1975-76; the Robert V. Geasey Trophy winner as the most outstanding player in the Philadelphia Big 5 in 1976-77; and the Ivy League Player of the Year in 1977-78. He led the Quakers in scoring in each of his three varsity seasons, amassing 1,644 career points—fourth on Penn’s all-time list.
 
As a senior in 1977-78, McDonald captained the Quakers to the first of a string of five-straight Ivy League titles, with the season culminating in a run to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16. McDonald scored a career-high 37 points—the fifth-highest scoring total by an Ivy League student-athlete in the NCAA Tournament—in Penn’s 92-83 opening round win over St. Bonaventure.
 
After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in pre-law in 1978, McDonald was selected in the second round of the National Basketball Association (NBA) draft by the Seattle SuperSonics, but did not appear in the league. Instead, he followed his passion into the legal profession, earning his J.D. from Rutgers University, while holding a full-time job.