Daniel "Danny" Shouse (born October 23, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player who won two Icelandic championships with Úrvalsdeild club

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in 1981 and 1982. He set the Icelandic single game scoring record in 1979 when he scored 100 points in a Division I game.

College

Shouse played for

Peru State College Peru State College is a public college in Peru, Nebraska. Founded by members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1865, making it the first and oldest institution of higher education in Nebraska, it underwent several name changes before receiving ...

from 1977 to 1979 and left as their all-time leading scorer with 1,867 points. He was inducted into the schools hall of fame in 1998.

Playing career

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. 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

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and in February he broke the 70 point barrier again, scoring 72 points against

Þór Akureyri Íþróttafélagið Þór, commonly known as Þór Akureyri, simply Þór or Thór, is a multi-sport club in Akureyri, Iceland. It features departments in Basketball, football, Handball and Taekwondo. Its main rivals is another sport club from A ...

. In 10 games, he scored 648 points for an average of 64.8 points per game. 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. After the season, Shouse signed with Úrvalsdeild club

and helped them win two Icelandic championships, in 1981 and 1982. He led the Úrvalsdeild in scoring both years and was named the 1981 Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year.

Coaching career

Shouse was a

player-coach A player-coach (also playing coach, captain-coach, or player-manager) is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. A player-coach may be a head coach or an assistant coach. They may make changes to the sq ...

for Njarðvík during the 1980-1981 season, leading them to a 17-3 record and the national championship. He coached Njarðvík's women's team during the 1981-1982 Úrvalsdeild kvenna season.

Personal life

Shouse was raised in a home with 13 siblings. Two of his brothers also played in the Úrvalsdeild karla. Darrell Shouse played for

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during the later half of the 1979-1980 season, averaging 21.3 points per game, and Douglas Shouse played the first half of the 1990-1991 season, averaging 27.9 points and 7.6 rebounds. His son, Derek Daniel Shouse, played for

Körfuknattleiksfélag ÍA Körfuknattleiksfélag ÍA, commonly known as ÍA, is a basketball team based in Akranes, Iceland. It is a subdivision of the sport club Íþróttabandalag Akraness. Its men's team played in the top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla from 1993 to 2000, maki ...

in the Icelandic Division I from 2016 to 2017.

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