Daniel Shouse (born October 23, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player who won two Icelandic championships with ÃÂrvalsdeild club NjarðvÃÂk in 1981 and 1982.
He set the Icelandic single game scoring record in 1979 when he scored 100 points in a Division I game.
Shouse played for Peru State College from 1977 to 1979 and left as their all-time leading scorer with 1,867 points. He was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 1998.
Shouse joined the ÃÂrmann of the Icelandic second-tier Division I in 1979. He first played during the ReykjavÃÂk basketball tournament, where he scored 64 and 70 points in his first two games.
On December 1, 1979, Shouse scored 100 points for ÃÂrmann in a Division I game against SkallagrÃÂmur, setting the Icelandic single game scoring record. In January 1980 he scored 76 points in an overtime loss against GrindavÃÂk and in February he broke the 70 point barrier again, scoring 72 points against ÃÂór Akureyri. In 10 games, he scored 648 points for an average of 64.8 points per game. His scoring prowess helped ÃÂrmann win Division I and achieve promotion to the ÃÂrvalsdeild. 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 ÃÂrvalsdeild club NjarðvÃÂk and helped them win two Icelandic championships, in 1981 and 1982. He led the ÃÂrvalsdeild in scoring both years and was named the 1981 ÃÂrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year.
Shouse was a player-coach for NjarðvÃÂk during the 1980-1981 season, leading them to a 17-3 record and the national championship. He coached NjarðvÃÂk's women's team during the 1981-1982 ÃÂrvalsdeild kvenna season.
Shouse was raised in a home with 13 siblings. Two of his brothers also played in the ÃÂrvalsdeild karla. Darrell Shouse played for Fram ReykjavÃÂk 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 ÃÂA in the Icelandic Division I from 2016 to 2017.