Senior Profile Doney Serving In National Guard As Senior

Wolf Point High School senior Ameliya Doney is already working toward a bright future. Doney joined the Montana National Guard in July and has been attending trainings once a month.

“The biggest role models in my life are all veterans,” Doney said. “I wanted to have a part in it.”

Those role models include her father, Johnny Doney, step-father, Raul Figueroa, along with Marty Reum, Leon Old Elk and Promise Crawford.

Doney will have to wait until the spring semester next year to attend Montana State University in Bozeman, but she knows she will major in nursing. She became interested in that field after serving as a CNA at the Wolf Point hospital.

“I really liked the environment,” Doney said.

School activities have included playing basketball, flag football and being a member of the National Honor Society.

She believes she started playing basketball when she was in Head Start. She remembers playing in co-ed tournaments at a young age.

“It has its ups and downs,” Doney said of her feelings about playing basketball.

She does appreciate the family atmosphere, friendships and the bus rides.

Doney liked being a starter for Wolf Point’s first year in the girls’ flag football ranks. “I always enjoyed playing it during the powder puff game at homecoming. And I thought we could do better than the football boys,” she said.

She led the Wolves at quarterback in the flag football contests.

“It was competitive, but if was more so about having fun while it lasted,” Doney said. “I enjoyed Coach Cody {Larson}. He made it fun but was serious when he needed to be.”

Highlights of the state tournament trip to Bozeman included the bus ride and going out to eat with her teammates.

She went to school in Wolf Point through the second grade. After spending a couple years in Ronan, she returned to Wolf Point in the fifth grade.

In the classroom, Doney says her first class is pottery. “I like creating projects. It’s a break from other classes,” she noted.

Her favorite educator is Erin Loendorf. “She’s always there with anything, whether it’s about school or needing to talk to somebody,” Doney said.-