Clay Walker is the 2009 recipient of the IDA Inspiration Honors Award. Clay was chosen based upon his passion to help people burdened with disabling conditions through his organization, Band Against MS while living with the Multiple Sclerosis himself and inspiring individuals through his continued award-winning singing career.

Certain artists just seem to have an innate sense of what it takes to please an audience. Clay Walker is one of those artists. Whether on stage or in the recording studio, Walker never gives less than a hundred  percent, and it’s that kind of dedicated work ethic combined with God-given talent that have made him one of the most successful country acts of the past decade.