BATON ROUGE, LA -- Academy Sports + Outdoors is partnering with Southern University Athletics to adopt a local youth sports team, the Baton Rouge Seminoles, for the Spring 2021 semester. The Baton Rouge Seminoles are a youth baseball team from the greater Baton Rouge area that strives to mold young men into great individuals on and off the field.

To begin the program, Academy Sports + Outdoors and Southern University are teaming up to make a special donation of baseball gear, including balls, tees, gloves, bats and more, to the Seminoles. Throughout the Spring semester, Southern University student-athletes and coaches will mentor the youth players through presentations emphasizing the importance of teamwork and leadership, and host fun practice clinics for the Baton Rouge Seminoles. The youth team will also be invited to attend a Jaguars baseball game later this season.

Academy Sports + Outdoors is the Official Sporting Goods and Outdoor Retailer of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The partnership between Academy Sports + Outdoors and the SWAC focuses on establishing meaningful community initiatives within the SWAC footprint. Specifically, these initiatives will look to activate and amplify grassroots efforts, such as youth outreach and mentoring programs, that are inclusive of students-athletes and administrators from across the conference.

On Saturday, March 20, 2021 11:30 a.m. at Academy Sports + Outdoors 8464 Airline Highway Baton Rouge, LA location is when the Seminoles will be presented with the gifts. 

About Academy
Academy is a leading full-line sporting goods and outdoor recreation retailer in the United States. Originally founded in 1938 as a family business in Texas, Academy has grown to 259 stores across 16 contiguous states. Academy's mission is to provide "Fun for All" and Academy fulfills this mission with a localized merchandising strategy and value proposition that strongly connects with a broad range of consumers. Academy's product assortment focuses on key categories of outdoor, apparel, footwear and sports & recreation through both leading national brands and a portfolio of 17 private label brands, which go well beyond traditional sporting goods and apparel offerings. For more information, visit academy.com.