This live national broadcast announces the Cal Poly Universities Rose Float, “Jungle Jumpstart,” winning the Sweepstakes Trophy — the Rose Parade’s highest honor, awarded to the most beautiful entry that encompasses float design, floral presentation and entertainment.

Parade hosts praise the ingenuity and vision of “Jungle Jumpstart,” noting the seven-decade tradition of Rose Float collaboration between Cal Poly Pomona and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo students have garnered 64 awards for the parade’s only student-designed and student-built float. “The future is bright for us. These students know what they’re doing...They know technology and they’re creative. And they like to bring us hope.”

This story was originally broadcasted by FOX across all its national affiliate stations on January 1, 2026.