This is the third in a series of articles profiling the 2011 inductees into the Butler Area School District Athletic Hall of FameFREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Wendy Brink Jilson will just have to settle for No. 2. And that suits her just fine.The second leading scorer in Butler High School girls basketball history — 11 points behind Leatha Dudek Baker — will be part of the second induction class in the Butler Area School District Athletic Hall of Fame come Sept. 16.Dudek Baker was part of the first induction class last year. The pair were teammates at Butler from 1984 through 1987.“We were best friends since we were five,” Brink Jilson recalled. “We grew up in the same neighborhood.“When we weren’t together on the court, we were together on the playground.”Now living in Fredericksburg (Va.), married and with three sons, Brink Jilson scored 1,619 points at Butler before going on to a solid basketball career at St. Joseph’s University. Dudek Baker scored 1,630 points.The two played one-on-one against each often as kids, creating a number of bruises and scraped knees.“We were competitive with each other and we were physical,” Brink Jilson said. “And we’re best friends to this day.“The running joke between us is she finished ahead of me only because they installed the 3-point line in high school the year after I graduated,” Brink Jilson said. “Leatha still had a year to play.”Brink Jilson was a center at Butler and still holds the school record of 42 points in one game. Fay Steving was the Golden Tornado girls basketball coach for those teams.“Fay worked us hard, but she knew what we were capable of doing,” Brink Jilson said. “We had winning seasons, made the playoffs, and that team bonded. A good number of us remain in touch.“Lisa Dorenkamp, Jen Bowmen, Lauren McGuire, Chris Grenci, Leatha, myself ... We’re all close. I don’t know if teams stay together off the court like that very often.”Brink Jilson started for three and a half years at Butler, getting called up to the varsity midway through her freshman season. She said Jody Imbrie Smith, an upperclassman on the team and fellow HOF inductee this year, helped her make the transition.“Jody really took me under her wing,” she recalled. “It was very rare for a freshman to start varsity. She took care of me.“She gave me a bracelet on a gold chain commemorating my 1,000th point. I still have that bracelet. I’m thrilled Jody’s going to be there (at the induction).”Saying she enjoyed the family feeling of Butler basketball, Brink Jilsonsought the same atmosphere in college.She played every position but point guard for St. Joe’s.“That was an adjustment for me,” she admitted. “I was no longer the big scorer. I filled a number of roles at different times.“Everybody was good and St. Joe’s had that same family atmosphere. We all remained friends, too.”A four-starter in college, Brink Jilson earned all-Atlantic 10 honors.She is not coaching now, but doesn’t rule it out of her future.“My husband just got back from serving in Afghanistan, my boys are 18,15 and 11 ... We have a lot going on,.” she said. “When the time is right, yeah, I could see myself doing some coaching. I love the game.”The nine inductees into the Butler Area School District Athletic HOF will be honored during a reception at 5 p.m. Sept. 16 in the high school cafeteria. They will be presented on the field prior to the Golden Tornado’s home football game against Canon McMillan that night.