Sidney Morin has been added to the 24 players currently in consideration for a spot on the final 2018 U.S. Olympic Women's Hockey Team roster, USA Hockey announced on Monday.

Morin, a defenseman who graduated from UMD in May of 2017, was the 2017 Western Collegiate Hockey Association Defensive Player of the Year, and left the Bulldogs as its seventh-highest scoring defenseman with 19 goals and 51 assists for 70 points in 147 games.  Morin's 19 goals ranks her fifth among all UMD blueliners and she sits sixth all-time with 51 assists.  Morin was also named a 2017 WCHA Scholar Athlete last season. Morin has skated in 21 games for MODO Hockey of the Swedish Women's Hockey League this season, where the defenseman has compiled 10 goals and 22 assists.

Morin will join Bulldog redshirt junior goaltender Maddie Rooney, who has been centralize with the U.S. National Team this fall in Tampa Bay, Florida.

USA Hockey will announce its 2018 Olympic Team on Jan. 1, 2018.