Ruth van de Wel-Heerschap (born 6 January 1978) is a retired Dutch female volleyball player, who played as a middle blocker. She was part of the Netherlands women's national volleyball team at the 2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship and 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Germany. On club level she played with AMVJ Amstelveen in 2002 and for GTI Nesselande in 2005. Her father is Martin Heerschap (chairman), her sister Eva Heerschap (player) and brother-in-law Kristian van der Wel (player) were also involved in GTI Nesselande.