LAS VEGAS (AFLWA) – New York Dragons quarterback Aaron Garcia threw nine touchdown passes to help hand the San Jose SaberCats their first defeat, and he was named the Player of the Week by the board of directors of the Arena Football League Writers Association (AFLWA).

San Jose (3-1) entered the game No. 1 in the AFLWA poll, but Garcia led the Dragons (2-3) to the upset victory by rallying New York from a 47-37 deficit.

His 15-yard touchdown pass to William Holder with 3:06 left put the Dragons ahead for good at 57-50. Garcia added a final touchdown with no time remaining when he completed a 23-yard pass to Cosmo DeMatteo for the 64-50 final score. That pass made Garcia 19 of 21 for 285 yards.

Garcia was league Offensive Player of the Year in 2001 after becoming the first player to throw at 100 touchdown passes in a season. He reached that mark against last season.

The AFLWA, founded at the start of the 2004 season, is a national organization made up of media members who cover the Arena Football League. Mark Anderson of the Las Vegas Review-Journal is the AFLWA's founder and executive director.