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LAS VEGAS (AFLWA) – New York Dragons quarterback Aaron
Garcia threw 10 touchdown passes, including the game-winner, and is
the Arena Football League Writers Association (AFLWA) Player of the
Week.
His final TD pass occurred with 22 seconds left, a 26-yarder to Mike
Horacek to give the Dragons a record-breaking 84-81 victory over the
Utah Blaze.
Garcia was nearly perfect, completing 24 of 26 passes for 354 yards.
He has thrown 20 touchdown passes in three games, and his total in this
game fell short of his league record of 11 in a 2001 contest.
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.
| 2006 AFLWA Players of the Week: |
• Week 1:
Damien Harrell, Colorado OS
• Week 2: Damon Mason, Austin DS
• Week 3: Aaron Garcia, New York QB
• Week 4: Timon Marshall, Grand Rapids
WR/DB
• Week 5: Shane Stafford, Tampa Bay
QB
• Week 6: Bobby Sippio, Tampa Bay
WR/DB
• Week 7: Darrell Jones, Arizona WR/DB
• Week 8: Clint Dolezel, Dallas QB |
• Week 9:
Chris Jackson, Georgia OS
• Week 10: John Dutton, Colorado QB
• Week 11: Sherdrick Bonner, Arizona
QB
• Week 12: Damien Harrell, Colorado
OS
• Week 13: Bobby Sippio, Chicago OS
• Week 14: John Dutton, Colorado QB
• Week 15: Bobby Sippio, Chicago OS
• Week 16: Mark Grieb, San Jose QB |
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