| Danny Shouse | |
| Career Position: | Guard |
| College: | Peru State (1977–1979) |
| Draft Year: | 1979 |
| Birth Date: | 1958 10, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S. |
| Career Start: | 1979 |
| Career End: | 1982 |
| Coach Start: | 1980 |
| Coach End: | 1982 |
| Years1: | 1979–1980 |
| Team1: | Ármann |
| Years2: | 1980–1982 |
| Team2: | Njarðvík |
| Cyears1: | 1980–1981 |
| Cteam1: | Njarðvík (men's) |
| Cyears2: | 1981–1982 |
| Cteam2: | Njarðvík (women's) |
| Highlights: | As player:
As coach:
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| Stats League: | Úrvalsdeild karla |
| Stat1label: | Points |
| Stat1value: | 1,485 (37.1 ppg) |
| Stat2label: | Games |
| Stat2value: | 40 |
| Cstats League1: | Úrvalsdeild karla |
| Cwin1: | 17 |
| Closs1: | 3 |
| Cstats League2: | Úrvalsdeild kvenna |
| Cwin2: | 2 |
| Closs2: | 14 |
Daniel "Danny" Shouse (born October 23, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player who won two Icelandic championships with Úrvalsdeild club Njarðvík in 1981 and 1982.[1] [2]
He set the Icelandic single game scoring record in 1979 when he scored 100 points in a Division I game.[3] [4]
Shouse played for Peru State College from 1977 to 1979 and left as their all-time leading scorer with 1,867 points.[5] He was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 1998.[6]
Shouse joined the Ármann of the Icelandic second-tier Division I in 1979. He first played during the Reykjavík basketball tournament, where he scored 64 and 70 points in his first two games.[7]
On December 1, 1979, Shouse scored 100 points for Ármann in a Division I game against Skallagrímur, setting the Icelandic single game scoring record. In January 1980 he scored 76 points in an overtime loss against Grindavík[8] and in February he broke the 70 point barrier again, scoring 72 points against Þór Akureyri.[9] In 10 games, he scored 648 points for an average of 64.8 points per game.[10] His scoring prowess helped Ármann win Division I and achieve promotion to the Úrvalsdeild. Even though Shouse played in the nations tier 2 league during his first season, he was widely regarded as one of the best players in the country and finished third in the vote for Foreign Player of the Year.[11] [12]
After the season, Shouse signed with Úrvalsdeild club Njarðvík and helped them win two Icelandic championships, in 1981 and 1982. He led the Úrvalsdeild in scoring both years[13] [14] and was named the 1981 Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year.[15]
Shouse was a player-coach for Njarðvík during the 1980-1981 season, leading them to a 17-3 record and the national championship.[1] [16] He coached Njarðvík's women's team during the 1981-1982 Úrvalsdeild kvenna season.[17]
Shouse was raised in a home with 13 siblings.[18] Two of his brothers also played in the Úrvalsdeild karla. Darrell Shouse played for Fram Reykjavík during the later half of the 1979-1980 season, averaging 21.3 points per game,[19] [20] and Douglas Shouse played the first half of the 1990-1991 season, averaging 27.9 points and 7.6 rebounds.[21] [22] His son, Derek Daniel Shouse, played for Körfuknattleiksfélag ÍA in the Icelandic Division I from 2016 to 2017.[23] [24] [25]