Eric Anthony Sato (born May 5, 1966) is an American former volleyball player and two-time Olympian.

Sato was a member of the United States national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

[1] Though 5'11" (1.80 m) in height, Sato's 41" (1.04 m) vertical jump allowed him to be an effective spiker for the national team, including from the back row.

[1] Sato's sister Liane played volleyball with the United States women's national team in both the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics, capturing a bronze medal in 1992.

[4][5][6] For the Sato family, a capstone was the 1988 Olympics, when Eric and Liane were both competing, and their brother Gary was a coach on the men's volleyball team.