James Walker Martin of Belhaven University was honored at the MSCPA Tax Institute December 2 for his selection as the Hamp King Award scholarship winner. Walker was presented a $1,000 scholarship check from the Mississippi Tax Institute and a plaque from the MSCPA Education Foundation. One scholarship winner from among all MSCPA scholarship recipients is selected each fall based on outstanding academic and collegiate leadership. The award was named to honor the long-time service of the late Hamp King as Mississippi’s State Auditor.

Pictured with Walker are MSCPA Tax Institute trustees William B. (Billy Buck) Staggers (left) and Barry Jones (right).