# Danny Shouse > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Danny_Shouse > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Danny_Shouse.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Shouse > Source revision: 1345783416 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography |name = Danny Shouse |image = |caption = |career_position = [Guard](/source/Guard_(basketball)) |height_cm = |weight_kg = |league = |team = |college = [Peru State](/source/Peru_State_Bobcats) (1977–1979) |draft_year = 1979 |career_number = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1958|10|23}} |birth_place = [Terre Haute, Indiana](/source/Terre_Haute%2C_Indiana), U.S. |career_start = 1979 |career_end = 1982 |coach_start = 1980 |coach_end = 1982 |years1 = 1979–1980 |team1 = [Ármann](/source/%C3%81rmann_men's_basketball) |years2 = 1980–1982 |team2 = [Njarðvík](/source/Njar%C3%B0v%C3%ADk_men's_basketball) |cyears1 =1980–1981 | cteam1 = [Njarðvík](/source/Njar%C3%B0v%C3%ADk_men's_basketball) (men's) |cyears2 =1981–1982 | cteam2 = [Njarðvík](/source/Njar%C3%B0v%C3%ADk_women's_basketball) (women's) |highlights = '''As player:''' *[Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the year](/source/%C3%9Arvalsdeild_Men's_Foreign_Player_of_the_Year) (1981) *2x [Icelandic league](/source/%C3%9Arvalsdeild_karla_(basketball)) champion (1981, 1982) *2x [Úrvalsdeild](/source/%C3%9Arvalsdeild_karla_(basketball)) scoring champion (1981, 1982) *[Icelandic Division I](/source/1._deild_karla_(basketball)) champion (1980) *[Icelandic Division I](/source/1._deild_karla_(basketball)) scoring champion (1980) '''As coach:''' *[Icelandic men's league](/source/%C3%9Arvalsdeild_karla_(basketball)) champion (1981) | stats_league = [Úrvalsdeild karla](/source/%C3%9Arvalsdeild_karla_(basketball)) | stat1label = [Points](/source/Point_(basketball)) | stat1value = 1,485 (37.1 ppg) | stat2label = Games | stat2value = 40 | cstats_league1 = [Úrvalsdeild karla](/source/%C3%9Arvalsdeild_karla_(basketball)) | cwin1 = 17 | closs1 = 3 | cstats_league2 = [Úrvalsdeild kvenna](/source/%C3%9Arvalsdeild_kvenna_(basketball)) | cwin2 = 2 | closs2 = 14 }} '''Daniel Shouse''' (born October 23, 1958) is an American former professional [basketball](/source/basketball) player who won two Icelandic championships with [Úrvalsdeild](/source/%C3%9Arvalsdeild_karla_(basketball)) club [Njarðvík](/source/Njar%C3%B0v%C3%ADk_men's_basketball) in 1981 and 1982.{{cite web|url=https://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=228614 |publisher=[Dagblaðið](/source/DV_(newspaper))|title=Njarðvíkingar geta brosað breitt þrátt fyrir stórskell í gærkvöld |date=18 February 1981 |accessdate=2017-07-28}} {{in lang|is}}{{cite web|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=118570&pageId=1553335 |publisher=[Morgunblaðið](/source/Morgunbla%C3%B0i%C3%B0)|title=Njarðvík tryggði sér titilinn með átakalausum sigri |date=9 March 1982 |accessdate=2017-07-28}} {{in lang|is}} He set the Icelandic single game scoring record in 1979 when he scored [100 points](/source/List_of_basketball_players_who_have_scored_100_points_in_a_single_game) in a [Division I](/source/1._deild_karla_(basketball)) game.{{cite web|url=https://www.visir.is/g/2016160109995|publisher=[Vísir.is](/source/V%C3%ADsir.is)|title=Ruslakjaftur Ívars Websters lykillinn að 100 stiga leik Danny Shouse |date=1 January 2016 |accessdate=2017-07-28}} {{in lang|is}}{{cite web|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=249863&pageId=3420234|publisher=[Vísir](/source/V%C3%ADsir)|title=Hverjir ná í Danny Shouse? |date=26 February 1980 |accessdate=2017-07-28}} {{in lang|is}} ==College== Shouse played for [Peru State College](/source/Peru_State_College) from 1977 to 1979 and left as their all-time leading scorer with 1,867 points.{{cite web|url=http://www.pscbobcats.com/news/2012/2/27/MBB_0227121758.aspx|publisher=pscbobcats.com|title=Derrick Williams Joins Bobcat 1,000-Point Club |date=27 February 2012 |accessdate=2017-07-28}} He was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 1998.{{cite web|url=http://www.pscbobcats.com/hof.aspx?hof=25|publisher=pscbobcats.com|title=Hall of Fame - Danny Shouse |accessdate=2017-07-28}} ==Playing career== Shouse joined the [Ármann](/source/%C3%81rmann_men's_basketball) of the Icelandic second-tier [Division I](/source/1._deild_karla_(basketball)) in 1979. He first played during the Reykjavík basketball tournament, where he scored 64 and 70 points in his first two games.{{cite web|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=117595&pageId=1517662 |title=Skoraði 70 stig og setti nýtt met|publisher=[Morgunblaðið](/source/Morgunbla%C3%B0i%C3%B0) |date=25 September 1979 |accessdate=2017-07-28}} {{in lang|is}} On December 1, 1979, Shouse scored 100 points for [Ármann](/source/%C3%81rmann_men's_basketball) in a Division I game against [Skallagrímur](/source/Skallagr%C3%ADmur_men's_basketball), setting the Icelandic single game scoring record. In January 1980 he scored 76 points in an overtime loss against [Grindavík](/source/Grindav%C3%ADk_men's_basketball){{cite web|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=249815&pageId=3419187 |title=Loksins ósigur hjá Ármenningum |date=21 January 1980 |accessdate=2017-07-29}} {{in lang|is}} and in February he broke the 70 point barrier again, scoring 72 points against [Þór Akureyri](/source/%C3%9E%C3%B3r_Akureyri_(basketball_club)).{{cite web|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=228260&pageId=3091850|title=Þór vann Ármann |publisher=Dagblaðið |date=18 February 1980 |accessdate=2017-07-29}} {{in lang|is}} In 10 games, he scored 648 points for an average of 64.8 points per game.{{cite news |title=648 stig í 10 leikjum! |url=https://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=1524858 |accessdate=29 January 2019 |work=[Morgunblaðið](/source/Morgunbla%C3%B0i%C3%B0) |date=25 March 1980 |language=Icelandic}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=276944&pageId=3948252 |title=Shouse besti Bandaríkjamaðurinn... |publisher=Tíminn |date=19 December 1979 |accessdate=2017-07-29}} {{in lang|is}}{{cite web|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=249804&pageId=3416637 |title=Fer Ármann í úrvalsdeild? |publisher=[Vísir](/source/V%C3%ADsir) |date=14 January 1980 |accessdate=2017-07-29}} {{in lang|is}} After the season, Shouse signed with [Úrvalsdeild](/source/%C3%9Arvalsdeild_karla_(basketball)) club [Njarðvík](/source/Njar%C3%B0v%C3%ADk_men's_basketball) and helped them win two Icelandic championships, in 1981 and 1982. He led the Úrvalsdeild in scoring both years{{cite web|url=http://gamli.kki.is/tolfraedi_einst_a_timab_medal.asp?Timabil=1981&Lid=OllLid&Magn=10&Adgerd=NyRodun&RadaEftir=MedalStig&Submit=S%C3%A6kja |publisher=KKÍ.is|title=1980-1981 Úrvalsdeild statistics |accessdate=2017-07-28}} {{in lang|is}}{{cite web|url=http://gamli.kki.is/tolfraedi_einst_a_timab_medal.asp?Timabil=1982&Lid=OllLid&Magn=10&Adgerd=NyRodun&RadaEftir=MedalStig&Submit=S%C3%A6kja |publisher=KKÍ.is|title=1981-1982 Úrvalsdeild statistics |accessdate=2017-07-28}} {{in lang|is}} and was named the 1981 [Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year](/source/%C3%9Arvalsdeild_Men's_Foreign_Player_of_the_Year).{{cite news|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=252613&pageId=3503901 |title=Vertíðarlok hjá körfuboltamönnum |work=[Vísir](/source/V%C3%ADsir) |author=Sveinn Guðjónsson |date=11 March 1981 |accessdate=July 28, 2017}} {{in lang|is}} ==Coaching career== Shouse was a [player-coach](/source/player-coach) for Njarðvík during the 1980-1981 season, leading them to a 17-3 record and the national championship.{{cite web|url=http://gamli.kki.is/greinar.asp?adgerd=ein&id=103 |publisher=KKÍ.is|title=Þjálfarasaga úrvalsdeildar karla í körfubolta |author=Óskar Ó. Jónsson and Rúnar Birgir Gíslason |date=1 December 2014 |accessdate=2017-07-28}} {{in lang|is}} He coached [Njarðvík's women's team](/source/Njar%C3%B0v%C3%ADk_women's_basketball) during the 1981-1982 [Úrvalsdeild kvenna](/source/%C3%9Arvalsdeild_kvenna_(basketball)) season.{{cite web|url=http://gamli.kki.is/greinar.asp?adgerd=ein&id=134 |publisher=KKÍ.is|title=Þjálfarasaga úrvalsdeildar kvenna í körfubolta |author=Óskar Ó. Jónsson and Rúnar Birgir Gíslason |date=15 March 2014 |accessdate=2017-07-28}} {{in lang|is}} ==Personal life== Shouse was raised in a home with 13 siblings.{{cite web|url=https://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3503990 |publisher=Vísir|title=Amma gaf mér körfubolta í jólagjöf |author=Gylfi Kristjánsson |date=14 March 1981 |accessdate=2017-07-28}} {{in lang|is}} Two of his brothers also played in the Úrvalsdeild karla. Darrell Shouse played for [Fram Reykjavík](/source/Fram_Reykjav%C3%ADk_Basketball) during the later half of the 1979-1980 season, averaging 21.3 points per game,{{cite web|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=249757&pageId=3410781 |publisher=Vísir|title=Annar kani til Fram |date=17 December 1979 |accessdate=2017-07-29}} {{in lang|is}}[https://gamli.kki.is/tolfraedi_ferill_leikmanns.asp?Felaganumer=115096 Darrell Shouse Úrvalsdeild statistics] and Douglas Shouse played the first half of the 1990-1991 season, averaging 27.9 points and 7.6 rebounds.{{cite web|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=280967&pageId=4060494 |publisher=Tíminn|title=Douglas Shouse leikur með ÍR |date=16 October 1990 |accessdate=2017-08-06}} {{in lang|is}}{{cite web|url=https://gamli.kki.is/tolfraedi_ferill_leikmanns.asp?Felaganumer=114778 |publisher=KKÍ.is| title=Douglas Shouse: Ferillinn í úrvalsdeild |accessdate=2017-08-06}} {{in lang|is}} His son, Derek Daniel Shouse, played for [Körfuknattleiksfélag ÍA](/source/K%C3%B6rfuknattleiksf%C3%A9lag_%C3%8DA) in the [Icelandic Division I](/source/1._deild_karla_(basketball)) from 2016 to 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.visir.is/g/2016160829501/sonur-100-stiga-mannsins-a-skagann |title=Sonur 100 stiga mannsins á Skagann |work=[Vísir.is](/source/V%C3%ADsir.is) |author=Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson |date=24 August 2016 |accessdate=July 28, 2017}} {{in lang|is}}[http://kki.is/motamal/leikir-og-urslit/motayfirlit/Leikmadur?league_id=undefined&season_id=93701&player_id=5325381 Derek Daniel Shouse statistics]{{cite news|title=ÍA sigruðu Gnúpverja á Skaganum|url=https://karfan.is/read/2017-09-24/ia-sigrudu-gnupverja-a-skaganum/|accessdate=17 October 2017|work=Karfan.is|date=24 September 2017|language=Icelandic}} ==See also== * [List of basketball players who have scored 100 points in a single game](/source/List_of_basketball_players_who_have_scored_100_points_in_a_single_game) ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} == External links == *[https://gamli.kki.is/tolfraedi_ferill_leikmanns.asp?Felaganumer=114748 Úrvalsdeild statistics] {{DEFAULTSORT:Shouse, Danny}} Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:American expatriate basketball people in Iceland Category:American men's basketball players Category:Basketball coaches from Indiana Category:Guards (basketball) Category:Njarðvík men's basketball coaches Category:Njarðvík men's basketball players Category:Njarðvík women's basketball coaches Category:Peru State Bobcats men's basketball players Category:Basketball players from Terre Haute, Indiana Category:Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) coaches Category:Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players Category:Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball) coaches Category:20th-century American sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Danny Shouse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Shouse) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Shouse?action=history)). 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