Prospect High grad leads team that designed award-winning Rose Parade float

The Cal Poly Universities Rose Float, “Road to Reclamation,” makes its way down Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena on Jan. 2 during in this year’s Rose Parade. The float, which won the parade’s Extraordinaire Award, was designed by Prospect High School graduate Saira Mapes. (Photo by Tom Zasadzinski/courtesy Cal Poly)

A float designed by a Prospect High School graduate for the Cal Poly team won the Extraordinaire Award Jan. 2 in the 134th Rose Parade in Pasadena.

Saira Mapes, a San Jose resident who played volleyball for Prospect and graduated in 2019 from the Saratoga campus, was the design chair for this year’s Rose Float team

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