Jordan Timothy Heading (born January 30, 1996) is a Filipino basketball player for Nagasaki Velca of the B2 League. Early life and education Jordan Heading was born on January 30, 1996in Adelaide to an Australian father and a Filipino mother. He attended the Morrison Academy Kaohsiung in Taiwan for his high school studies, before going to the United States, to enter the California Baptist University in Riverside, California to pursue a degree in kinesiology. College career Heading played for the California Baptist University (CBU) Lancers in college as a starting point guard. He was named a member of the Academic All-Pacific West five team. Professional career San Miguel Alab Pilipinas (2019–2020) Heading started his professional career with San Miguel Alab Pilipinas of the ASEAN Basketball League joining the team in October 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic led to the cancellation of the 2019–20 season, consequentially also ending his stint with Alab. In the Season 46 draft of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) in March 2021, Heading was selected by the Terrafirma Dyip as the top pick for the special Gilas Pilipinas draft. He was to be loaned to the Philippine national team before he could suit up for Terrafirma. He would join the Taichung Wagor Suns of Taiwan in October 2022. This raised some concern with Heading's contract with the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the Philippine basketball federation, which was supposed to be active until March 2023 arising from his involvement the special PBA draft. Taichung Wagor Suns (2021–2022) Heading went on to play for Taichung Wagor Suns. Heading's stint with the Suns covered its 2021–22 season, the Suns' first in the T1 League of Taiwan. The team finished as runners-up for that season. Nagasaki Velca (2022–present) On July 1, 2022, he joined the Nagasaki Velca which competes in the 2nd division of Japan's B.League. National team career Heading has played for the Philippine national team. Having obtained his Philippine passport before the age of 16, Heading is eligible to play for the Philippines as a local and non-naturalized player under FIBA eligibility rules despite him being born outside the Philippines and having non-Filipino heritage. He has played in the Philippine national youth system, having took part in the 2011 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship in Vietnan. Heading was part of the Philippine senior team which took part in the Belgrade tournament of the 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifiers. Heading would be