 In May 2000, Kenney's high school senior season team of 1963–64, was named "The Best High School Team in American History", by the National Sportswriters Association, and it was inducted into the Catholic High School Athletic Association's Hall of Fame as, "The Team of the Century".Kenney played college basketball at Fairfield University, with the Fairfield Stags, from 1964 to 1968.He was inducted into the Fairfield University Hall of Fame in 1996.