Academy Sports + Outdoors’ Post

As the Official Sporting Goods and Outdoor Retailer of the Houston Astros, we partnered with Julia Morales, Space City Home Network reporter and host for the Astros, to highlight her as an Academy Sports + Outdoors industry icon. We are proud of the positive impact you make for all women in sports. Thank you for inspiring the next generation! Check out this video to hear Julia share her story. #WomenInSports #HaveFunOutThere #PositiveImpact #OfficialAstrosPartner

Academy Sports + Outdoors is proud to support our communities through tough times. As part of recovery efforts from Hurricane Beryl in our hometown of Houston, TX, we donated nearly 200K bottles of clean water to assist with relief during the summer heat. We are incredibly thankful to our Team Members for taking quick action to deploy supplies and take care of our customers. #PositiveImpact #HoustonStrong #ReliefEfforts

Our recent giveback in Atlanta, GA was a slam dunk! 🙌🏀🎊 For the second year in a row, we teamed up with basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal and Sheriff Reginald B. Scandrett to surprise 20 children from The Shaquille O’Neal Boys & Girls Club of Henry County and the Henry County Sheriff’s Foundation with a $5,000 shopping spree! The fun didn’t stop there! Shaq bought bikes for kids who made a free throw in our store! 🏀🏀🏀    We are proud to partner with Shaq and help support his vision to give hope and opportunity to kids while creating pathways to success like the Boys & Girls Club did for him when he was young. #HaveFunOutThere #PositiveImpact #Shaq

At Academy Sports + Outdoors, we celebrate Fun for ALL! 🏳️🌈 Academy Team Members, friends, and family participated in the 46th Annual Houston Pride parade in downtown Houston, TX yesterday. They walked side by side to commemorate the history of the LGBTQ+ community and to achieve equality for ALL. We are proud to support our Team Members and our community. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 #HappyPrideMonth #HoustonPrideParade #FunForAll 

It’s Pride Month! 🌈 At Academy Sports + Outdoors, we champion diversity. We’re happy to have an LGBTQ+ & Allies Team Member Resource Group (TRG) to provide a safe space in which all can feel supported and accepted. We asked Dee Boyd of our Katy Distribution Center what stereotype she thinks is important to break and educate about the LGBTQ+ community? “The stereotype that LGBTQ+ people don’t live “normal” lives or maintain long-term relationships. My spouse and I will celebrate our 33-year anniversary this December. While I believe normal is a very subjective word, the life we live is pretty average.” Read more from Dee below. ⤵️ #FunForAll #HaveFunOutThere #HappyPride

❤️💚🖤 Happy Juneteenth! ❤️💚🖤 By recognizing this holiday, we honor the journey toward equality and justice, encourage a deeper understanding of history, and promote a more inclusive and equitable society for all African Americans. To celebrate this incredible day of Freedom, Team Members in our B.A.S.E.S. (Black Alliance for Social and Enterprise Success) group hosted events on our corporate campus for all to enjoy together. This day was filled with yummy food😋🍴, line dancing💃🕺, culture jeopardy🤔❓, and music bingo📻🎶. At Academy Sports + Outdoors, we are committed to enriching the experience of Black Team Members by facilitating opportunities for both personal and professional growth. #Juneteenth #CelebrateFreedom

Congratulations to our 35 Store Team Leads from across our footprint who recently completed the Team Lead Development Pro program! 🥳 🥳 🥳 These Team Members accepted the opportunity to participate in an intensive 12 week training course on top of their current roles. They were selected by our District Managers as effective leaders who have what it takes to continue to build our bench and help more customers. Thank you for investing in yourselves and in Academy. We’re thankful for your dedication and the positive impact you make on others. Aaron Henley, Adrian Gonzalez, Aiden Mevers, Aiden Stines, Alma Saenz, Alyssa Bishop, April Cella, Brandy Ellis, Brian Daniels, Brittany Wilson, Carianne Lewis, Carl Williams, Celia Quintanilla, Cj Wagner, Cody Staggs, Daniel Guilbert, Dianna Mendez, Gavin Farmer, Gloria Flores, Jen Pavlik, Jeremy Claborn, Jesse Hawks, Jaoquin Palo, Jordan Stevens, JoRene Perez, KAITLYN ENDARA, Logan Martin, Michael Bellamy, Michael Stegman, Nicolas Atkins, Saja Humbles, Sierra Temple-Mervin, Taylor Walsh, Terrell Perry, and Wesley Gabryleski. #DevelopYourBench #OnTheJobTraining #Retail

At Academy Sports + Outdoors, fun is EVERYTHING to us! For our customers, fun could be pitching a tent at an annual camping trip, lacing up for a neighborhood soccer game, grilling with friends and family in your backyard, or all the traditions in between. Through life’s adventures and outdoor fun, we’re here for it all! #HaveFunOutThere #FunForAll

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads and father figures who have been helping us #HaveFunOutThere since day one! 👨👧👦💖In honor of Dad’s Day, we donated $16,500 to fathers in some of our local communities. Some events included surprise shopping sprees in El Paso, TX, where we teamed up with Fort Bliss to surprise military dads and their families and in Houston, TX with the Houston Astros Youth Academy to recognize ten dads for their dedication to coaching their kids. Special thanks to Fort Bliss in El Paso, TX, Mecklenburg County Council of Scouting in Charlotte, NC, the Houston Astros Youth Academy in Houston, TX, and Anthem Strong Families ASF in Dallas, TX. We greatly appreciate the Team Members who helped create these memorable moments for fathers and their kids. #FathersDay #Givebacks #PositiveImpact