ABILENE – Abilene Christian mourns the passing of former Wildcat football standout
Kade Parmelly.
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Parmelly, who inspired teammates and classmates with his battle with leukemia, passed away on July 7 at the age of 24.
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A memorial service will be held on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to noon at the Beltway Park Church, south campus in Abilene (4009 Beltway S).
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Parmelly played four seasons at ACU before transferring to Duke for his COVID season.
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While at ACU, Parmelly was a CoSIDA Academic All-District 7, Second Team Southland Conference All-Preseason, Southland Conference All-Academic
and Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll honoree.
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He played in every game throughout his career at ACU.
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A 2017 graduate of Abilene Wylie High School, Parmelly helped Wylie to the Class 4A Division I state championship game and was an Honorable Mention Class 4A all-state selection and first-team all-district, all-area and Abilene Reporter-News All-Big Country Super Team honoree. He also was a second-team Academic All-State selection and a member of the National Honor Society.