LAS VEGAS (AFLWA) – With an Arena Football League-record nine touchdown receptions Thursday night, Las Vegas' Kevin Prentiss was named the AFL Writers Association Player of the Week for Week 2.

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The Gladiators defeated Grand Rapids 79-69 at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids. Prentiss edged teammate Shaun King, who threw 10 touchdown passes on the night.

Prentiss, who had 13 receptions for 235 yards, opened the scoring with a 41-yard touchdown reception from King. The Rampage then took the lead with two consecutive touchdowns in the first quarter, and they did not relinquish it until Prentiss caught his seventh scoring pass, which tied the score at 55 early in the fourth quarter.

Prentiss, 5-feet-8, 155 pounds from Mississippi State, broke the record for most touchdown receptions in a game four minutes later with No. 8, and he added one more with 1:35 remaining to put the Gladiators up by 10.

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. The association will name an AFL Player of the Week each week throughout the 2007 season. The AFLWA has presented this weekly award since its inception during the 2004 season. Mark Anderson of the Las Vegas Review-Journal is the AFLWA's founder and executive director.