LAS VEGAS (AFLWA) – It hasn't been a very fun season for Utah quarterback Joe Germaine, but for one week, at least, that was forgotten.

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Germaine passed for 337 yards and nine touchdowns in a 67-50 win over Kansas City, and as the Blaze stopped a season-long winless streak, the Ohio State product was named the Arena Football League Writers Association's Player of the Week for Week 10.

Utah (1-9) scored on 10 of its 10 possessions, led by Germaine completing 24 of the 30 passes he attempted.

As bad as it has been for the Blaze, they stand just 2½ games out of a playoff spot behind Grand Rapids with six games to play.

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.