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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Lawrence Steven Paul

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O ACADEMY SPORTS AND OUTDOORS, INC.

1800 NORTH MASON ROAD

(Street)

KATY

77449

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/02/2020

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. [ ASO ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
See Remarks

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	178,992⁽¹⁾	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	⁽²⁾	03/07/2029	Common Stock	130,561	16.57	D
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	⁽³⁾	03/07/2029	Common Stock	33,925	16.57	D
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	⁽⁴⁾	03/05/2030	Common Stock	69,107	17.3	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Reflects: (a) 154,923 time-based restricted stock units, and (b) 24,069 performance-based restricted stock units that vest if certain performance criteria and/or Issuer stock price conditions are met.

2. These time-based options vest in four equal annual installments beginning on March 7, 2020.

3. These performance-based options vest as follows: (a) 8,481 have vested, and (b) the remaining portion shall vest in three equal annual installments beginning on February 1, 2021.

4. These time-based options vest in four equal annual installments beginning on March 5, 2021.

Remarks:

EVP & Chief Merchandising Officer Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney.

	/s/ Rene G. Casares, Attorney-in-Fact	10/02/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents that the undersigned, does hereby make, constitute
and appoint each of Rene Casares, Sarah Green and Janet Morrow, or any one of
them, as a true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the undersigned with full powers
of substitution and revocation, for and in the name, place and stead of the
undersigned (in the undersigned's individual capacity), to execute and deliver
such forms that the undersigned may be required to file with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission as a result of the undersigned's ownership of or
transactions in securities of Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (the "Company")
(i) pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, including without limitation, statements on Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5
(including any amendments thereto) and (ii) in connection with any applications
for EDGAR access codes or any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain
codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation the Form ID.
The Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with regard to his or
her ownership of or transactions in securities of the Company, unless earlier
revoked in writing. The undersigned acknowledges that Rene Casares, Sarah Green
and Janet Morrow are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

                                        By: /s/ Steven P. Lawrence
                                            -----------------------
                                        Name: Steven P. Lawrence


                                        Date: September 16, 2020