SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Mullican Michael P. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ACADEMY SPORTS AND OUTDOORS, INC. 1800 NORTH MASON ROAD (Street) KATY TX 77449 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. [ ASO ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) President
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/12/2023
	4. 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
	Rule 10b5-1(c) Transaction Indication Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	10/12/2023		M		49,757	A	$17.3	160,182	D
Common Stock	10/12/2023		F		31,325	D	$44.45	128,857(1)	D
Common Stock	10/12/2023		M		28,421	A	$26.99	157,278	D
Common Stock	10/12/2023		F		21,684	D	$44.31	135,594(1)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$17.3	10/12/2023		M			49,757	(2)	03/05/2030	Common Stock	49,757	$0	0	D
Stock Options (Right to Buy)(3)	$26.99	10/12/2023		M			28,421	(4)	03/31/2031	Common Stock	28,421	$0	28,422	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Reflects net settlement of shares to cover the cost of exercise and tax withholding obligations arising from the stock option exercise reported above.

2. These time-based options previously granted under the Issuer's 2011 Unit Incentive Plan, or the 2011 Equity Plan, are fully vested due to a Change of Control (as defined in the 2011 Equity Plan) that resulted from the Issuer's secondary public offering that closed on May 10, 2021.

3. Granted under the Company's 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan").

4. On March 31, 2021, the Report Person was granted 56,843 time-based options. 50% of these time-based options have vested and the remaining 50% will vest in two equal installments on each March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2025.

Remarks:

	/s/ Gary Holland, Attorney-in-Fact	10/13/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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